Jiesef Sabczak

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

Jiesef Sabczak was a Jehovah's Witnesses conscientious objector from Illinois imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sentenced to 25 years in prison; sent to Ft. Leavenworth

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Released: Jan 4, 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison. Held at Fort Leavenworth. Released 1919 (Jan. 4).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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