Herbert Fuchs

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Herbert Fuchs was a former Communist spy who became a professor of law at the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1949.

In the McCarthy Era in the United States, Fuchs initially declined to name names to the House Committee on Un-American Activities, and then later recanted, explaining how he had been an active member of a Communist cell from 1934-1946. American University President Hurst Robins Anderson initially defended Fuchs after he testified to the committee, but later fired him after realizing the extent of Fuch's involvement during the 12 years of deceipt.^[1]

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