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Patricia Blau

Released
Date of death:02. 01. 1998
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Colorado
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Communism Communist Party USA
Patricia Blau

Biography

Patricia Blau was a Denver Communist arrested under the Smith Act in August 1954 during the McCarthy era. She was also tried, and acquitted, of harboring fugitive Robert Thompson.

Case

Charges: Smith Act; conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government
Arrested: Aug 1, 1954
Sentenced: Jun 23, 1955
Sentence: Acquitted of the harboring charge
Convicted: No