Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Portuguese diplomat (1885-1954) · Portugal · Politicians · Died at 68
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Aristides and Angelina de Sousa Mendes with their first six children, 1917.
Refugees in Belgium, May 1940.
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Life saving visa issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes to Annelies Kaufmann, age 15, on May 24, 1940.
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Kruger with Aristides de Sousa Mendes, 1940.
Plaque in Bayonne, France, reading: "Here was installed the Consulate of Portugal in 1940, in homage to Consul Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Ambassador of Peace and Righteous Among the Nations, who saved 30,000 lives during World War II in Bordeaux, Bayonne, Hendaye. 19 July 1885-3 April 1954".
Emile Gissot, honorary Portuguese Vice-Consul in Toulouse, France.Awards
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches was a Portuguese diplomat who is recognized as a national hero for his actions during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, issuing visas to thousands of refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France, including Jews.
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