1. Bernard Ades was an American Communist who is most known for his defense of Euel Lee, an African American accused of murdering a white family in Maryland in 1931.
13 Facts About Bernard Ades
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Bernard Ades was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the second child of Harry and Fanny Levine Ades.
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Bernard Ades's father, a Russian born and devout traditionalist Jew, moved to America and started an umbrella manufacturing business with his brother, Simon Ades.
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Bernard Ades was a part of the Communist Party which influenced the types of legal cases he took.
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The tactics that Bernard Ades used to ensure a fair trial brought him infamy in Maryland and resulted in one instance of being mobbed and beaten.
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In 1934, Bernard Ades ran for Governor of Maryland on the Communist Party ticket and received less than 8,000 votes.
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On February 20,1937 Bernard Ades sailed to Spain on the SS Ile de France to join in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the Loyalists.
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Bernard Ades fought in the battles of Brunete, Villanueva, Pardillo and at Fuentes de Ebro.
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Bernard Ades returned to the United States on September 30,1937 aboard the SS Normandie.
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Bernard Ades's clients included Our World magazine, United Electrical Workers, the American Soviet Trading Organization, and the Communist Party of the United States of America as well as a slew of smaller left wing organizations.
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Active in the Bronx Reform Democrats Bernard Ades served as a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention.
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Bernard Ades died there and was buried in Baltimore Hebrew Congregation Cemetery, 2100 Belair Road, Maryland.
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In 1935 Bernard Ades married Mary Ethel Hechler, a Communist Party devotee and had two daughters, Janet and Judith.