Knud M. Lassen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
2 Years 11 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Knud M. Lassen

Biography

Knud M. Lassen 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 - reduced to 10 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: was a member of the People’s Council of the Socialist Party; registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; classified as 1A; interviewed by the Special Bd. …

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

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