Gerhard J. Klippenstein

Gerhard J. Klippenstein was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Nebraska imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. 31 years of age on May 4, 1918. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Cody & assigned to Veterinary Corps, Auxiliary Remount Depot, #326; court-martialed at Camp Cody on May 24, 1918 (Moore, the camp psychologist, said he had a “morbid mental condition & pathological heredity”); imprisoned at Ft. Leavenworth between June 15 and June 24, 1918; …