Biography
Herman Loewen was a Mennonite conscientious objector from Kansas imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: Part of Group 1 of C.O.s released in Jan. 1919 (those recommended by Bd. of Inquiry for furlough, but because of "pressure of other work & the resulting delay in making the plan for farm furlough thoroughly effective through the country the men in this group missed the …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
