Background
Hassler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania in the United States. He grew up in New York and was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
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Alfred Hassler
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He studied night classes in journalism at Columbia University.
Career
Early life and education
Journalism
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 pacifist journal called Fellowship published by the United States. Fellowship of Reconciliation, a peace and social justice organization. Anti-war activism
Following this he was imprisoned for his stance as a conscientious objector during World World War World War II While imprisoned, he wrote a book, Diary of a Self-Made Convict.
He authored several anti-war books and articles (and co-authored the 1957 advocacy comic book Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story).
In 1958, Hassler became executive secretary of the peace group Fellowship of Reconciliation. In 1969, 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.
Personal life
In the 1980s he returned to New New York
