Letter March 8, 1918 from Maurice Goldstein
Date
1918-03-08
Title
Letter March 8, 1918 from Maurice Goldstein
Date
1918-03-08
Subject
WWI conscientious objection / objectors
Coverage
Camp Upton, New York
Creator
Goldstein, Maurice
Source
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Rights
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Format
image/jpg
Language
English
Type
text
Identifier
CDGA.NYBLA-107
Transcription
Mar. 8, 1918
Civic Liberty Bureau,
Dear Sir
I have been assigned to 308th Inf. Co. A and am a conscientious objector. Upon refusing to handle a gun, I was beaten into submission. I was struck heavy blows across my jaw and made to stand to attention that I sign my name for a gun that was given me. Now I am compelled to drill and handle a gun.
I am an art student 26 years of age, and it is not within my nature nor conscience to kill. My heart palpitates most of the time. Now that I have taken the gun and am drill I dont [sic] know what to do. Can you advise
or help me.
Yours truly Maurice Goldstein
Citation
Goldstein, Maurice, “Letter March 8, 1918 from Maurice Goldstein ,” Conscientious Objection & the Great War: 1914-1920, accessed September 26, 2023, https://cosandgreatwar.swarthmore.edu/items/show/339.