John Zabrian

Released
Date of birth:1894
Era:1920s
Support
Communism Communist Party USA Socialist Party of America
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Biography

John Zabrian was born 1894 in Minsk region, Russia (present-day Belarus). Immigrated to the United States in 1913.

Born 1894, Minsk region, Russia (present-day Belarus). Migrated to US 1913, then Canada later that year; returned to US 1918. Laborer. Joined the Socialist Party, then Detroit’s Russian Branch No. 3 of the Communist Party. Deported to Russia, March 18, 1921.

INS file 54860/377

Adapted from Kenyon Zimmer, Red Scare Deportees (kenyonzimmer.com), compiled from INS deportation case files.

Case

Charges: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Communist Party USA member) in the First Red Scare.
In exile since: Mar 18, 1921
Sentence: Deported to Russia on March 18, 1921. No arrest date or detention span is documented, so nothing is added to the imprisonment counter. Charges as recorded: Administrative deportation under the wartime Immigration Acts — expelled as an alien radical (Communist Party USA member) in the First Red Scare. Documented in Kenyon Zimmer’s Red Scare Deportees index, drawn from INS deportation files.

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