Hyman Bloch

Hyman Bloch was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, as a C.O.; interviewed by Bd. on June 6, 1918 at Leavenworth, & on Feb. 14, 1919 at Disciplinary Barracks ; classed by Bd. as first 1A, later as 6; charged with disobedience of orders; sentenced to 25 years in prison; …