Tax Buford

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The UST Buford with 249 prisoners en route to the Russian SFSR

The UST Buford military transport, built in 1885, was used in the Philippine-American War .

Called The Red Ark by the press , it was used on December 20, 1919 to deport 249 suspects arrested in connection with the Palmer Raids from New York to the Soviet Union . Most of the deportees were Russian anarchists , including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman .

literature

  • Alexander Berkman: The Bolshevik Myth. Diary from the Russian Revolution 1920-1922 . 1925, ISBN 3-936049-31-9