Session #81 · 1949–51

Speech #810284311

This is his description: He was born in Germany in 1905. he went to Moscow in 1928 where he was employed by the Soviet Heavy Industry Commissariat as an engineer. Sickened by what he saw there. he went. with wife and son to Vladivostok. en route to Shanghai. Owing to troubles he had with Soviet authorities. he hurriedly escaped to Japan where he settled down in the spring of 1932. From a small automotive shop he built a machinetool factory where he eventually employed 1.200 workers. many of whom were German Jewish refugees. He goes on to describe this man Foerster. He says Foerster was picked up by the Japanese as a spy for the Allies. that is. for the United States and our Allies.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Germans
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH MCCARTHY
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
—
Speech ID
810284311
Paragraph
#0
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