On January 19, 1942, Nazi secret police arrested Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite priest. After extensive interrogation, they labeled him a "most dangerous man." He was sentenced to the infamous concentration camp at Dachau, where he was executed on July 26, 1942.

His ashes were buried in Dachau's "Grave of Unknown Thousands."

Today he is remembered and honored throughout the world. On November 3, 1985 Pope John Paul II proclaimed Titus Brandsma Blessed and Martyr at St. Peter's in Rome. This is the story of his resistance against the Nazis.

Leopold Glueckert, O.Carm. has taught in the History departments at DePaul and Loyola Universities of Chicago, Illinois.