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Sam Hirsch

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Florida
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Sam Hirsch was a former director of Miami Beach's Biltmore Playhouse indicted on eight counts of perjury in 1955 for denying Communist Party membership before a grand jury in State Attorney George Brautigam's Florida red-hunt. The state's sole witness against him had a long record of drunkenness convictions.

Case

Charges: Perjury — for denying Communist Party membership before a grand jury
Sentence: Faced up to 20 years per count
Convicted: Indicted 1955 (eight counts)