Portugal paid official homage Tuesday to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution, by placing a tomb with his name in the country’s National Pantheon. Leading Portuguese politicians and public figures attended the formal televised ceremony as the tomb was placed alongside other celebrated figures from Portuguese history at the landmark Lisbon building. The speaker of the Portuguese Parliament, Eduardo
Portugal has paid official homage to a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution.
His father, in the summer of 1940, had paid a heavy price for following the call of humanity during inhuman times. The transgression of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, then Portuguese consul to Bordeaux, was to issue exit visas--against direct orders of his government--to thousands of Jews who were trying...
Portugal has paid tribute to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution during World War II.
Portugal paid tribute on Tuesday to former diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who defied the Salazar dictatorship to issue visas to tens of thousands of Jews and other refugees, saving them from the horrors of Nazi concentration camps.
Portugal paid official homage Tuesday to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution, by placing a tomb with his name in the country's National Pantheon.Leading Portuguese politicians and...
A foundation is trying to bring recognition to Aristides de Sousa Mendes, a diplomat who helped thousands of people to escape Nazi persecution and later died in poverty.
John Paul Abranches, who successfully spurred Portugal to recognize the heroics of his Portuguese diplomat father, who saved 30,000 people during World War II, died on Feb. 5 in Antioch of complications from Alzheimer's disease. A resident of the Bay Area for 50 years, Mr. Abranches was a tireless advocate for the memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who - as Portugal's consul general in Bordeaux, France - ignored his government's orders and issued transit visas to "undesirables" flee
Portugal has paid official homage to a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from Nazi persecution
Aristides de Sousa Mendes provided Jews and others in Nazi-occupied France with visas allowing them to flee the country, actions that brought him severe reprisals during his lifetime.
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An orange tree is seen after a forest fire at the village of Roda, Portugal, July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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A shrine is seen after a forest fire near the village of Serta, Portugal. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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