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Bruno Grunzig

Released
Full name:Bruno F. Grunzig
Date of birth:13. 01. 1896
Date of death:March 1965
Age:69 Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 8 Months 29 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Bruno Grunzig

Biography

Bruno Grunzig was a conscientious objector imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Douglas(). (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: Grunzig report: “not interviewed by Bd., but going to Camp Meade on Aug. 11, 1918”; released the same day as David Eichel; his letters were often reports to the NYBLA (Witherspoon & Mygatt were friends of his); a Socialist

Case

Fort Douglas War Prison Barracks
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: August 1918
Released: Apr 30, 1920
Sentence: Held at Fort Douglas(). Released 1920 (May 1).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Utah