by Susan | Sep 28, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 28, 1943 In Denmark, underground anti-Nazi activists began systematic smuggling of Jews to Sweden. The Nazis began rounding up Danish Jews on the evening of October 1, Rosh Hashanah. In just three weeks, all but 481 of Denmark’s 8,000 Jews had been...
by Susan | Sep 27, 2015 | peacemaker birthdays
September 29, 1547 Miguel de Cervantes “In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.” September 30, 1207 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi “Grief can be the garden of compassion. If you keep your heart open through everything, your pain...
by Susan | Sep 26, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 26, 2007 The Myanmar military junta began a crackdown on the tens of thousands of Buddhist monks and their lay supporters who nonviolently had taken to the street earlier in the week to protest the repressive...
by Susan | Sep 25, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 25, 1555 The Peace of Augsburg was signed, a treaty between Charles V and the forces of the Schmalkaldic League, an alliance of Lutheran princes, in present-day Bavaria, Germany. It officially ended the religious struggle between the two groups and made the...
by Susan | Sep 24, 2015 | this day in peace and justice history
September 24, 1838 The Anti-Corn Law League was formed, a successful political movement in Great Britain aimed at the abolition of the unpopular Corn Laws, which protected landowners’ interests by levying taxes on imported wheat, thus raising the price of bread at a...
