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Charles Rowoldt

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Minnesota
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Biography

Charles Rowoldt was a Minneapolis worker, once secretary of the Hennepin County Workers Alliance, whom the government tried for two decades to deport to Germany because of his Depression-era political affiliations. In 1955 a fresh round of proceedings forced his case to the Circuit Court of Appeals; his fight reached the Supreme Court as Rowoldt v. Perfetto (1957).

Case

Charges: Deportation under the immigration laws
Sentence: Faced deportation to Germany Charges as recorded: Deportation under the immigration laws — for past left-wing political affiliation
Convicted: Two decades of deportation proceedings; renewed in 1955