Jos. A. Berman

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Massachusetts
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
No image available

Biography

Jos. A. Berman was a conscientious objector from Massachusetts 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, but not as a CO; interviewed by the Special Bd. on charge of desertion at the Disciplinary Barracks on Jan. 5, 1919; sentenced to 15 years in prison - reduced to 2.5 years; was a member of the Socialist Party

Case

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

Related Cases

Alfred Buzzi Alfred Buzzi Samuel Sterenstein Samuel Sterenstein Philip Grosser Philip Grosser Noah Jos. Blair Noah Jos. Blair James W. Livingston Alex Chasley Francis X. Hennessey Paul A. Oehme