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A notable example of a conscientious objector was the Austrian devout Roman Catholic Christian Franz Jägerstätter, who was executed on August 9, 1943, for openly refusing to serve in the Nazi Wehrmacht, consciously accepting the penalty of death.
Conscientious objection must be "sincere and meaningful" and occupy "a place in the life of its possessor parallel to that filled by an orthodox belief in God". [4] Any mixture of sincere religious, moral, or ethical beliefs can qualify as conscientious objection. [5]
In the United States, one may now claim conscientious objector status based on a personal belief system that need not be Christian, nor even based on religion. [ 28 ] Peace churches, especially those with sufficient financial and organizational resources, have attempted to heal the ravages of war without favoritism.
Pages in category "Conscientious objectors" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Wyndham Albery;
Joseph and Michael Hofer were brothers who died from mistreatment at the United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth in 1918. The pair, who were Hutterites from South Dakota, were among four conscientious objectors from their Christian colony who had been court-martialed and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment for refusing to be drafted in to the United States Army during World ...
Maximilian's name has been regularly read out, as a representative conscientious objector from the Roman Empire, at the annual ceremony marking International Conscientious Objectors' Day, 15 May, [6] at the Conscientious Objectors Commemorative Stone, Tavistock Square, Bloomsbury, London.
In 1964 the name was changed to National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO), and in 2000 it became Center on Conscience & War (CCW). Today, the work of the Center on Conscience & War is mainly with members of the US military who experience a crisis of conscience and seek discharge as conscientious objectors.
During World War II, he was a conscientious objector, and served in a Civilian Public Service camp established by the Catholic Worker Movement. [1] Zahn later transferred to Rosewood State Training School in Maryland, a school for the developmentally disabled. He worked there as a conscientious objector until April 1946.