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Curtis Zahn

Released
Date of birth:12. 11. 1912
Date of death:24. 09. 1990
Age:77† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1940s
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year
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Curtis Zahn

Biography

Curtis Zahn was a poet, playwright and journalist who spent a year in federal prison as a conscientious objector during World War II. He later founded the Pacificus Foundation to support writers.

Freedom's May 27, 1950 review of Prison Etiquette identifies Zahn as the author of an account of the prison camp on the Catalina Highway in Arizona, describing different racial groups in the camp and efforts to strike against segregation. Exact individual custody dates and the camp's formal name are not supplied.

Freedom, May 27, 1950, printed page 2.

Case

Charges: World War II conscientious-objection prosecution — exact statutory charge unverified
Sentence: His publisher biography documents one year actually spent in federal prison during World War II, corroborated by the UCLA Mel Weisburd oral-history interview. Exact sentence, institution and custody endpoints remain unverified.