Victory City: New York City and World War II

New York City during World War II wasn't just the home to servicemen, politicians, heroes, GI Joes, and Rosie the Riveters. It was also a place of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters and hookers and profiteers; of latchkey kids and bobby-soxers, poets and painters, atomic scientists and atomic spies.

From the Great Depression to the war’s aftermath, an array of fascinating New Yorkers rose to fame or infamy, including Mayor Fiorella La Guardia, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Dorothy Thompson, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, and Fritz Kuhn. Join author John Strausbaugh for this groundbreaking look into the greatest city on earth during the most transformative war in human history.

Tuesdays, 5:30-7:00 PM
April 22, 29, May 6, and 13
$150 (4 sessions)

Meet your instructor

John Strausbaugh

John Strausbaugh is a well known author of history books. Along with Victory City, his titles include City of Sedition, The Village, and The Wrong Stuff. A former editor of New York Press, he has written about history and culture for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wilson Quarterly, and other publications.