Ernestina Fleischman

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
3 Months
Support
Anti-Fascism Civil Liberties Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee
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Biography

Ernestina Fleischman was an official of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee jailed for contempt of Congress after refusing to turn over the committee's records to the House Un-American Activities Committee; she served three months at Alderson alongside Helen Bryan.

Case

Federal Reformatory for Women, Alderson
Charges: Contempt of Congress.
Incarcerated: Nov 13, 1950
Released: February 1951
Sentence: Three months at the Alderson federal reformatory. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of contempt of Congress. Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to surrender the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee's records. She was not part of the June 7, 1950 surrender: she entered custody separately on November 13, 1950, after her later appeal failed. A three-month term places release at approximately February 1951, but no release notice has been found, so the release is recorded at month precision and the counter reports the three-month term rather than a day-level span. The previously recorded February 13, 1951 release was the sentence length added to the commitment date, not a reported release.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: West Virginia

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