Aristides de sousa mendes biography of alberta
Aristides de sousa mendes biography of alberta
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885 - 1954)
Aristidesde Sousa Mendes
Son of José de Sousa Mendes and Maria Angelina (De Abranches) Coelho Ribeiro de Abranches
Brother of Cesar Sousa Mendes
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
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Biography
Aristides de Sousa Mendes was designated Righteous Among the Nations
Aristides de Sousa Mendes is Notable.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches was a Portuguese consul 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 and passports to an undetermined number of refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, including Jews.
For this, Sousa Mendes was punished by the Salazar regime with