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Helen Winter

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Michigan
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Communism Communist Party USA
Helen Winter

Biography

Helen Winter was a Communist and the wife of convicted Smith Act leader Carl Winter, prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. She was arrested in Detroit in September 1952 and held on $5,000 bail.

Case

Charges: Smith Act violation (advocating overthrow of the government)
Sentence: Unknown Verdict as recorded: Awaiting trial — arrested September 1952, Detroit
Convicted: No — pending trial