1942 CE: DUTCH BISHOPS STAND UP TO THE NAZIS

July 20: Dutch Bishops Conference has a public statement read in all the churches of the country condemning Nazi racism.

July 26: In a retaliatory response, the Nazi occupiers order the arrest of all Jewish converts, including Edith Stein, Carmelite nun, who was arrested shortly thereafter, and murdered by the Nazis at Auschwitz August 9, 1942.