Biography
Guglielmo Galeotti was born 1871 in Santa Sofia, Italy. Immigrated to the United States in 1902.
Became an anarchist in Italy during the late 1880s and was regarded by Italian authorities as a dangerous subversive. Repeatedly arrested and imprisoned for subversive activities between 1888 and 1902. Fled briefly to Switzerland in 1901, but was expelled and arrested on unfounded suspicion of complicity in the assassination of King Umberto I. Subsequently emigrated to and then expelled from Trieste. After immigrating to the United States, lived in mining communities in Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Illinois and became a leading figure in the Kansas anarchist Gruppo 11 Novembre. In 1909 married fellow anarchist Alba Genisio. In 1911 joined other group members in traveling to Mexico to assist the anarchist Partido Liberal Mexicano during the Mexican Revolution but soon became disillusioned and returned to the United States. Deported on February 19, 1920.
Although he remained under surveillance in Italy, authorities reported that by 1935 he had withdrawn from politics and allegedly showed sympathy toward the Fascist regime.
Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.
Photograph: Kenyon Zimmer captions this circa-1915 family photograph as Guglielmo Galeotti with Alba and their children, courtesy of Gina Norsedt. The original image is preserved unaltered.
1920s custody review: Deported on 1920-02-19, recorded as the United States detention endpoint, not an unconditional release. The same source records Alba and Guglielmo being arrested together in1920; she escaped while he was deported. His arrest year is therefore added with year precision only. No exact admission day is inferred.
Source: Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees, Guglielmo Galeotti biography, citing the archival and historical sources listed there.
