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Ignatz Kriva

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

Ignatz Kriva was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 10 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for draft on June 5, 1917, but not as a CO; interviewed re: 64th article of war by Special Board at Disciplinary Barracks on ??; sentenced to 10 years in prison; was Russian; not a U.S. citizen; WAS HE A CO?

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service
Incarcerated: June 1917
Released: 1920
Sentence: 10 years
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas