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Esther Jaffe

Gender:Female
Era:1930s
State:New Jersey
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Biography

Esther Jaffe, wife of Newark carpenters-union leader Louis Jaffe, is individually named by Grover among 23 people arrested when police broke up three Communist election rallies at Charlton and Spruce streets in summer 1932. The history does not identify which rally, exact day, charge or completed detention length for her. Source: https://www.newarkhistorysociety.org/images/articles/resources/PDF/NHS-Communists-061813.pdf#page=19

Case

Charges: Arrest during Communist election rallies; statutory charge unprinted.
Arrested: 1932
Sentence: Individually named among those arrested in summer1932; outcome and duration unknown.