Episode 11: The Trial Begins

Cover page of the federal indictment charging Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman with conspiracy, June 1917.
(Source: The Emma Goldman Papers)

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TRANSCRIPT

Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman, facing federal conspiracy charges for their work with the No-Conscription League, decide not to use a lawyer. Prosecutor Harold Content questions their friend Fitzi Fitzgerald and an NYPD officer who may or may not be lying.

Alexander Berkman, 1917

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The old federal courthouse and post office in Manhattan, where Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were tried

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Cover page of the federal indictment charging Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman with conspiracy, 1917

Source: The Emma Goldman Papers