Julius Eichel

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Julius Eichel (born January 2, 1896 in Sokolow, † March 24, 1989 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York ) was an American pacifist .

biography

Born in Austria-Hungary , he came to the USA at the age of three with his emigrated father, a poor tailor .

The Socialist denied in 1917 the screening to participate in the First World War and is first given by a court martial sentenced to 20 years in prison. The sentence was reversed so that he spent 26 months in various prisons, including Fort Leavenworth . Because of his refusal to work, he was chained so that his feet barely touched the ground for eight hours a day.

After being detained, he had to leave high school to help support the family. In addition to work, he attended private evening school and then New York University . When Nazi Germany started World War II in 1939 , he left university without a degree.

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the first peacetime draft in 1940 , Eichel wrote to all conscientious objectors known to him from the First World War. After a meeting, the participants declared their opposition to the conscription and participation of the USA in World War II.

After Congress passed a law to register all men between the ages of 21 and 60, it openly refused to be registered. He was then arrested and only released after paying bail of $ 25,000. The proceedings were eventually suspended. In 1942 he began to publish the Absolutionist , whose main task was to bring the mistreatment of detained military opponents to the public.

In 1948 the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors was founded, and Eichel was elected to its board.

Awards

In 1976 Julius Eichel received the War Resisters League Peace Award .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Julius Eichel in the US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed October 4, 2018