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Marion Bachrach

Released
Date of birth:1898
Date of death:01. 01. 1957
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
0 months
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Marion Bachrach

Biography

Marion Bachrach was a Communist Party journalist, an aide to former congressman John Bernard, and the sister of attorney John Abt. Federal agents arrested her in the second Foley Square Smith Act roundup on June 20, 1951. She was released on bail, and her case was later severed because she had terminal cancer. She was never tried or convicted.

Case

Charges: Smith Act (18 U.S.C. § 2385)
Arrested: Jun 20, 1951
Incarcerated: June 1951
Released: June 1951
Sentence: None. She was released on bail after arrest; the exact release day remains unresolved.