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Isidore Hartman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Isidore Hartman was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 2. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; classified as a 16; interviewed by Special Bds. re: 64th article of war, at Upton in June 1918, Meade in Aug. 1918, & the Disciplinary Barracks on Feb. 14, 1919; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 2.5 years; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: June 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: Sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 2. Held at Fort Leavenworth.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas