Other projects

Further research projects and resources relevant to the theme of Conscientious Objectors

War Resisters International

What about Conscientious Objectors today? WRI is a global network of grassroots antimilitarist and pacifist groups, working together for a world without war.

https://wri-irg.org/en 

A ‘hideous dilemma’: the motivations and moral quandaries of conscientious objectors in Second World War Britain

Dr Rosemary Rich, part of the team behind this project, authored this thesis is a cultural and emotional history of conscientious objectors in Second World War Britain. Using personal testimony, it traces the impact of shifting structures of feelings on these individuals.

| https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/a-hideous-dilemma/ 

The Men Who Said "No"

The Men Who Said "No" website, run by the Peace Pledge Union, tells the story of resistance to the 1914-1919 war. It tells the story of the men and women who put their lives on hold, first to stop war from happening and then refusing to participate in it. 

https://www.menwhosaidno.org/ 

Women Consicentious Objectors of Worrld War II

Steve Illingworth, Lecturer in History Education, University of Cumbria, has researched this overlooked group in the Second wrold War - British Women Pacifists.

Lunchbox Lecture: Fighting for Peace with Peace: Conscientious Objectors in World War II

Mitchell Gehman speaks on the topic of America  COs in World War II via National D-Day Memorial Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIx7f4oB8QI&t=1696s 

The Imperial War Museum

Conscientious Objectors In Their Own Words provides recorded oral history from COs of the First World War

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/first-world-war/participation/conscientious-objectors-in-their-own-words 

COs during World War II at the IWM are less explored

https://www.iwm.org.uk/research/family-history/home-front/conscientious-objectors

The Muslim Pacifist Who Spied On The Nazis: The London History Show

J. Draper on The London History Show shares the story of The Muslim Pacifist Who Spied On The Nazis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGfugbjOi3k