Precisely after the fall of Holland, on May 17, 1940, the Nazis tried to take the Palace of the Permanent Court of Justice in The Hague, but there they met the Salvadoran, the only judge who stayed with a group of Dutch officers. When a German general approached, the Presiding Judge told him: "The Court and its staff are inviolable.
Exactly after the fall of Holland, on May 17, 1940, the Nazis attempted to seize the Palace of the Permanent Court of Justice in The Hague, but they encountered the Salvadoran judge who remained with a group of Dutch officers. When a German general approached, the Presiding Judge replied: "The Court and its staff are sacrosanct.