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Jun 17, 20 simon wiesenthal center october 20th, 1986. The sousa mendes foundation is interested in tracking the fates of all visa recipients, no matter their stories. The guardian reports that his final wish was that his name be restored. The sousa mendes visa recipients came from fortynine countries and all walks of life. Following the occupation of france in the summer of 1940, foreign consulates were faced with large numbers of jews, desperately trying to obtain visas in order to leave nazi dominated territories. Sousa mendes, with god against men the international.

Sousa mendes saved more people than schindler but died a pariah. Foreword jaime gama minister of state and of foreign affairs september 2000. He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30. Yet he is reported to have saved 30,000 people during the holocaust from occupied france, 12,000 of them jews. Born into an aristocratic portuguese family, mendes chose a diplomatic career for himself. The government, embarrassed by the bessa lopes report, suppressed its existence for more than a decade. Between june 16 and 23, 1940, he frantically issued portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were jews. They were jews and nonjews, public figures and private citizens, most with passports but many without. Three of his 14 children, carlos 19221999, sebastian 19232006, and john paul abranches 19322009 lived and died in the u. Josealain fralon, jeancarol larrive and joel santoni. For this, sousa mendes was punished by the salazar regime. The book begins with mendess childhood, family, and career. Five sousa mendes visa recipients and their families were on hand to welcome the president, and representatives of the sousa mendes foundation. Holocaust savior, sousa mendes, commemorated on the anniversary of his death.

The film reveals that, like oskar schindler, sousa mendes did not set out to be a hero. An online version can be found at the sousa mendes virtual museum in this. Sousa mendes saved more people than schindler but died a. With the nazi invasion of france came an order from portugal that no jews or dissidents. He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30 years. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving. Having graduated in law, in the university of coimbra, in 1907, aristides unlike his father, who was a judge and his twin brother, who embarked in politics chooses to follow a consular career, mainly connected to administrative aspects, in particular the. After filling posts in various capitals including the united states and europe, he was posted to bordeaux, france, as the portuguese consulgeneral. The international raoul wallenberg foundation would like to keep. French, yiddish and portuguese with english subtitles. However, mendes had a keen sense of right and wrong, coupled with solid christian values.

Portuguese diplomat saves refugees from nazi germany i am. News people profiles sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he a household name too. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he. As the portuguese consulgeneral in bordeaux, france, during world war ii, sousa mendes was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. In addition, we learn about portugals neutral policy of the time. Aug 04, 2016 portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds. At the time, portugal was under the dictatorial rule of antonio salazar, and even though it was declared as officially neutral in the war, salazar issued a directive called circular 14 to all of portugals diplomats, instructing them to. Sousa mendes issued 10,000 visas to jews including stephen rozenfeld. Aristides sousa mendes a sua vida em filme imagens. Parallels descendants of jews who escaped nazioccupied france recently gathered to. With god against man, documentary by semyon pinkhasov u. The views expressed here are his own unless otherwise noted.