Alfred Hassler

AKA: Al Hassler
Released
Date of birth:1910
Date of death:05. 06. 1991
Age:81† Deceased
Era:1940s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Biography

Alfred Hassler was an editor and leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. His opposition to wartime conscription led to federal imprisonment in 1944–1945. He later published a prison diary and worked against the Vietnam War.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg
Charges: Refusal to comply with wartime conscription as a conscientious objector
Arrested: 1944
Released: March 1945
Sentence: Imprisoned in 1944; paroled in March 1945. His diary documents detention in New York followed by Lewisburg. The full sentence and exact initial admission date are unresolved.
Institution State: Pennsylvania

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