Benjamin Gitlow

Politician, Author

1891 – 1965

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Who was Benjamin Gitlow?

Benjamin "Ben" Gitlow was a prominent American socialist politician of the early 20th century and a founding member of the Communist Party USA. From the end of the 1930s, Gitlow turned to conservatism and wrote two sensational exposés of American Communism, books which were very influential during the McCarthy period. Gitlow remained a leading anticommunist up to the time of his death.

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Born
Dec 22, 1891
United States of America
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Profession
Died
Jul 19, 1965

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on July 23, 2013

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