Gordon Zahn [SEP] place of death
Gordon Zahn
Gordon Zahn (born Gordon Charles Paul Roach; 7 August 1918 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – 9 December 2007 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin) was an American sociologist, pacifist, professor, and author.
Early life.
Born out of wedlock, Zahn took his stepfather's last name. During World War II, he was a conscientious objector, and served in a Civilian Public Service camp established by the Catholic Worker Movement. Zahn later transferred to Rosewood State Training School in Maryland, a school for the developmentally
In Solitary Witness
In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jägerstätter is a book written by Gordon Zahn originally published in 1964.
Its subject is the conscientious objector Saint Franz Jägerstätter.
Overview.
Zahn, a Catholic and a pacifist, first heard of Jägerstätter in 1956, while doing research for an earlier book, "German Catholics and Hitler's Wars". He was impressed and inspired by Jägerstätter's story and felt that it deserved a wider audience: “it was enough to convince me that