Philip Grosser (1890 in
Slavuta
Slavuta (, russian: link=no, Славу́та, , ) is a city in Shepetivka Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, located on the Horyn River. The city is located approximately 80 km from the oblast capital, Khmelnytskyi, ...
– October 3, 1933 in Boston) was an
anarchist and anti-militarist, hailed by fellow anarchist,
Alexander Berkman
Alexander Berkman (November 21, 1870June 28, 1936) was a Russian-American anarchist and author. He was a leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century, famous for both his political activism and his writing.
Be ...
, as "one of
yfinest comrades".
He was imprisoned at the Federal Military Prison on
Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pri ...
, having refused the draft during the first World War. By the end of 1920, two years after the war ended, he was the only remaining conscientious objector at Alcatraz, and in poor health.
Grosser is notable for writing one of the first exposés of Alcatraz Prison, the 32-page pamphlet ''Uncle Sam's Devil's Island'', which told of his experience in the prison.
He committed suicide in
Boston, Massachusetts in October 1933 and was buried on October 20, 1933.
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American anarchists
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People from Boston
Suicides in Massachusetts
1890 births
1933 suicides
Inmates of U.S. Military Prison, Alcatraz Island
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