Paperback: Titus Brandsma (1881-1942) has proven to be a source of inspiration to people all over the world: educators, men and women in the church, journalists and scholars, peace workers, people in distress, fighters for justice, the sick and the lonely, God-seekers.
Titus' significance, for the present as well as for the future, arises from his infectious zeal for authentic piety and humanity, in the spirit of the prophet Elijah, the great example of Mount Carmel.
On 19 January 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 26 July 1942. His ashes were buried in Dachau's "Grave of Unknown Thousands."
Today, he is remembered and honoured throughout the world. His death in Dachau made him a symbol of national resistance for the Dutch people. He exemplifies what one individual can accomplish with personal determination and fidelity to the Christian principle. On 3 November 1985, Pope John Paul II proclaimed Titus Brandsma Blessed and Martyr at St Peter's in Rome.
Friar Against Fascism (1985, 2002) is the story of his resistance against the Nazis and treat the points of opposition between Titus Brandsma and the Nazis, especially insofar as he felt it necessary to block attempts to draw Dutch society into a Fascist way of thinking.
This book is also available as part of a four-book set.
About the author: Leopold Glueckert OCarm has taught in the History departments at DePaul and Loyola Universities in Chicago, Illinois. He currently serves on the faculty of Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.
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