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Julius R. Greenberg

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

Julius R. Greenberg was a Quaker 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 10 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: objected to war on “humanitarian” grounds; registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 but not as a CO; classified as a 2; interviewed on June 5, 1918 at Ft. Jackson, and on July 20, 1918 at Leavenworth, by the Special Board, on charge of disobedience of orders; …

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: December 1919
Sentence: Sentenced to 10 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1919 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas