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.
This event occurred immediately after the German invasion of Holland on May 17, 1940, when the Nazis attempted to seize the Palace of the Permanent Court of Justice in The Hague. However, they were met by a Salvadoran judge who had allied himself with a group of Dutch military personnel. Upon encountering a German general, the Presiding Judge emphasized: "The Court and its staff are sacred.