Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Aristides de Sousa Mendes (19 July 1885 – 3 April 1954) was a Portuguese diplomat who fought against his own government for the safety of Jews living in Europe in the early years of World War II. In the spring of 1940, he frantically issued Portuguese visas to thousands of refugees, Jews and non-Jews, seeking to escape Nazi-occupied France.

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"Quoted in Bard, The Complete History of the Holocaust (2001), p. 327; see also "Aristides de Sousa Mendes" at Jewish Virtual Library."

"Quoted in The Independent, Sunday, 17 October 2010"

"Quoted in Huffington Post, 18 April 2012"

"Sonja Jarvik, quoted in The Independent, Sunday, 17 October 2010"

"Otto von Habsburg, quoted in The Independent, Sunday, 17 October 2010"

"Louis-Philippe Mendes, Huffington Post, 18 April 2012"