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Free Press in Germany
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Wilhelm Gerst of the "Frankfurter Rundschau," (second from the left) signing the first contract for mail distribution of a newspaper in Germany after World War II. Others are, left to right: Ernest Pless, Lt. Col. James G. Chesnutt, Cedric Belfrage, and Oscar D. Cully.
July 25, 1945
United States. Army
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Cedric Belfrage
1948
Journalist Cedric Belfrage, a co-founder of the "National Guardian," a weekly progressive newspaper. Belfrage, a British national, was later deported for his failure to testify about alleged Commun...
Belfrage and Robeson
1958
Cedric Belfrage (center), exiled editor of the "National Guardian," at a party for Paul Robeson. The man on the left is Canon Stanley Evans.
Belfrage at Moscow Synagogue
1956
Cedric Belfrage, co-editor and founder of the "National Guardian," visiting a Moscow synagogue after his deportation from the United States. Belfrage was deported for his refusal to testify to the ...
Belfrage in China
1957
Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" visiting with China philosophers in Peking. Belfrage was the first western correspondent to visit mainland China since the revolution.
Free Press in Germany
October 23, 1945
Heinrich Hollands of the "Aachener Nachrichten" speaking to a conference of German journalists at Marburg University following World War II. To Hollands' right is newspaperman James Aronson, the A...
Farewell to Belfrage
1955
Farewell party for Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" at the newspaper's office. Identified in the crowd is Paul Robeson, a longtime supporter of the paper, standing third from the left, an...
