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Livia Gellert

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1920s
State:District of Columbia
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Anti-Fascism
Livia Gellert

Biography

Livia Gellert was an anti-fascist activist arrested on March 23, 1928 with her husband, artist Hugo Gellert, and other Anti-Horthy League picketers opposing a White House reception for representatives of Hungary’s Horthy government.

Photo credit

Hugo Gellert Leads Anti-Fascist Protest: 1928, Washington Area Spark Flickr archive. Portrait crop from the documentary photograph; used with permission. The archive caption describes this identification as tentative.

Case

Charges: Picketing the White House without authorization
Arrested: Mar 23, 1928
Sentence: The available sources document the arrest but do not establish a custodial sentence or final disposition.