Robert Wollheim

AKA: Bob Wollheim
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Full name:Robert Douglas Wollheim
Date of birth:10. 10. 1948
Date of death:21. 09. 2019
Age:70† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Oregon
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Robert Wollheim

Biography

Robert Wollheim was a Vietnam War draft resister who refused induction in Portland in May 1968. He was imprisoned in 1969, later became a lawyer and served on the Oregon Court of Appeals.

Photo credit

Robert Douglas Wollheim, portrait accompanying Reed Magazine's From Prison Blues to a Judge's Robes memorial. Cropped. Photographer not identified.

Case

Charges: Refusal of military induction
Incarcerated: 1969
Sentence: Eighteen-month sentence for refusing induction. His oral history describes less than five months in custody in 1969, including Los Angeles County Jail and Safford, Arizona. Exact custody endpoints remain unverified.

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