Bibliograph

A few small candles, war resisters of World War II tell their stories

Type

Label

A few small candles, war resisters of World War II tell their stories

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A few small candles

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

war resisters of World War II tell their stories

Summary

Little is known about those who, because of their convictions against killing, openly refused to enter military service in World War II. While many of those men accepted alternative civilian service, more than 6,000 were incarcerated with sentences ranging from a few months to five years. Some were tried, convicted, and reimprisoned for essentially the same offense-resisting induction into the armed forces-after their initial release. In A Few Small Candles, ten men tell why they resisted, what happened to them, and how they feel about that experience today. Their stories detail the resisters' struggles against racial segregation in prison, as well as how they instigated work and hunger strikes to demonstrate against other prison injustices. Each of the ten has remained active in various causes relating to peace and social justice. This is a unique collection of memoirs that illuminated the American home-front during World War II and provides an important source for those interested in the American peace movement

Target audience

adult

Classification