Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alfred Hassler (1910–1991) was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the United States. He grew up in New York and was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He studied night classes in journalism at Columbia University. He became employed by the Leader-Observer in Queens and then American Baptist Publications in Philadelphia.In 1942, Alfred Hassler became the editor of a journal called Fellowship. Following this he was imprisoned for his stance as a conscientious objector during World War II. While imprisoned, he wrote a book, The Diary of the Conscientious Objector. He authored several anti-war books and articles. Hassler was an active member of the peace groupFellowship of Reconciliation and a friend of Thich Nhat Hanh. Hassler led a FoR delegation to Vietnam in 1969. Hassler supported the Vietnamese Buddhists, arguing they could form a nonviolent"Third Force" for peace independent of both the Saigon and Hanoi governments. Hassler retired from his position with the fellowship and, in 1974, with his wife Dorothy founded a retirement community in southern Spain, Almeria. In the 1980s he returned to New York. Hassler also founded the Dai Dong project which linked war, environmental issues and poverty, and he was the president of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace.Hassler died of cancer on June 5, 1991 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York at the age of 81.In 2013, Hassler, along with Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong, became the subject of a comic book and animated feature documentary film entitled The Secret of The 5 Powers. }
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- Alfred_Hassler abstract "Alfred Hassler (1910–1991) was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the United States. He grew up in New York and was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He studied night classes in journalism at Columbia University. He became employed by the Leader-Observer in Queens and then American Baptist Publications in Philadelphia.In 1942, Alfred Hassler became the editor of a journal called Fellowship. Following this he was imprisoned for his stance as a conscientious objector during World War II. While imprisoned, he wrote a book, The Diary of the Conscientious Objector. He authored several anti-war books and articles. Hassler was an active member of the peace groupFellowship of Reconciliation and a friend of Thich Nhat Hanh. Hassler led a FoR delegation to Vietnam in 1969. Hassler supported the Vietnamese Buddhists, arguing they could form a nonviolent"Third Force" for peace independent of both the Saigon and Hanoi governments. Hassler retired from his position with the fellowship and, in 1974, with his wife Dorothy founded a retirement community in southern Spain, Almeria. In the 1980s he returned to New York. Hassler also founded the Dai Dong project which linked war, environmental issues and poverty, and he was the president of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace.Hassler died of cancer on June 5, 1991 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, New York at the age of 81.In 2013, Hassler, along with Thich Nhat Hanh and Sister Chan Khong, became the subject of a comic book and animated feature documentary film entitled The Secret of The 5 Powers".