Emanuel Hirsch Bloch

Emanuel Hirsch Bloch (1901 - January 30, 1954) was an American attorney known for defending clients associated with left-wing and Communist causes. He and Marshall Perlin defended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Biography

He was the son of Alexander Bloch, also an attorney.cite web |url=http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/ROS_BBLO.HTM |title=Emanuel Hirsch Bloch |accessdate=2008-07-08 |quote=Emanuel "Manny" Bloch, along with his father Alexander, was the defense attorney for the Rosenbergs. He was known in the legal community as a defender of leftist sympathizers, most recently having defended the leader of the Communist party of Pittsburgh and the Trenton Six. ... Following the executions, Bloch delivered the eulogy at their funeral and served as guardian for the two Rosenberg sons. ... In early 1954 Bloch was found dead in his apartment, dead of a heart attack at age 52. |publisher=University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law |accessdate=2008-07-08 |] He defended Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Julius wrote to Bloch that Julius himself was "the first victim of American Fascism". [cite book |last=Shapiro |first=Fred |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Yale Book of Quotations |year=2006 |publisher=Yale University Press |quote= | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=w5-GR-qtgXsC&pg=PA650&lpg=PA650&dq=%22Emanuel+H.+Bloch%22&source=web&ots=1XLNcXyg0W&sig=4QIU6wuJNsO-EW3jQIZKV1uiXog&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result |isbn=0300107986 ] cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Died |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,860424,00.html |quote=Emanuel Hirsch Bloch, 52, longtime attorney for Communist causes, who defended Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, later said in a speech at their funeral: "I place the murder of the Rosenbergs at the door of President Eisenhower, Mr. Brownell and J. Edgar Hoover"; of a coronary occlusion; in-his Manhattan apartment. |publisher=Time (magazine) |date=1954 |accessdate=2008-06-21 ] Following their executions, Bloch delivered the eulogy at their funeral and he served as guardian for Michael Meeropol and Robert Meeropol until they were adopted. He also defended the Trenton Six. He died of a heart attack at age 52 on January 30, 1954 in his Manhattan apartment. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rosenbergs' Attorney Found Dead. Emanuel H. Bloch Represented Two Executed Atom Spies. |url= |quote=Emanuel H. Bloch, attorney for executed atom spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who faced disbarment for some of his activities in the case, was found dead today. |publisher=Associated Press in Hartford Courant |date=January 31, 1954 |accessdate=2008-07-09 ] [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Rosenberg Counsel's Body Is Found in Bathroom. Had Faced Disciplinary Action. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30C1FF73C5E107B93C3AA178AD85F408585F9&scp=14&sq=Emanuel+Bloch&st=p |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=January 31, 1954 |accessdate=2008-07-09 ]

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