Bertha Lowenthal

Era:1930s
State:New York
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Biography

Bertha Lowenthal was arrested in New York on May 22, 1934 after shouting for police to free a pregnant relief demonstrator seized outside the Spring and Elizabeth Home Relief Bureau. The report says workers followed the first arrested woman to the Fifth Precinct and Lowenthal was then also arrested. A May 29 First District Court trial was announced, not a completed verdict. No formal charge, release date or actual custody total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n123-may-23-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

Case

Charges: Arrest for demanding release of a relief demonstrator; formal count unprinted.
Arrested: May 22, 1934
Sentence: Bertha Lowenthal was arrested in New York on May 22, 1934 after shouting for police to free a pregnant relief demonstrator seized outside the Spring and Elizabeth Home Relief Bureau. The report says workers followed the first arrested woman to the Fifth Precinct and Lowenthal was then also arrested. A May 29 First District Court trial was announced, not a completed verdict. No formal charge, release date or actual custody total is supplied. Source: https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/pubs/dailyworker/1934/v11-n123-may-23-1934-DW-LOC.pdf#page=2

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