by Susan | Feb 18, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 18, 1943 Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie, the leaders of the German youth group Weisse Rose (White Rose), were arrested by the Gestapo for opposing the Nazi regime. The White Rose was composed of university students who spoke out against Adolf Hitler and...
by Susan | Feb 17, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 17, 1600 Giordano Bruno, an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and astrologer was burned at the stake for heresy in Rome’s Campo de’ Fiori. He is known for his cosmological theories: he proposed that the stars were just...
by Susan | Feb 16, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February, 16 1941 A pastoral letter was read in the majority of Norwegian pulpits telling the fascist regime to “end all which conflicts with God’s holy arrangements regarding truth, justice, freedom of conscience and...
by Susan | Feb 15, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February, 15 1798 The first fist fight occurred in Congress. Roger Griswold, of Connecticut, attacked Matthew Lyon on the floor of the House of Representatives. Griswold, a Federalist, walked up to Lyon’s desk hitting him about the head and shoulders with his hickory...
by Susan | Feb 14, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February, 14 2004 In France thousands of people marched to protest a law banning the wearing of Islamic coverings and other religious apparel in public...
by Susan | Feb 13, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February, 13 1907 English suffragettes stormed the British Parliament and 60 women were...
