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Lazarus Marcowitz

Released
Full name:Lazarus Baer Marcowitz
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Lazarus Baer Marcowitz of Brooklyn, New York was drafted in 1918 and imprisoned as a conscientious objector at Fort Leavenworth before his release in 1919.

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: 1918
Released: 1919
Sentence: Imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth; released in 1919. Verdict as recorded: Yes — court-martialed and convicted.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas