Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Rebellious Consul: A Case Study
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Rebellious Consul: A Case Study
Author(s): Daniel Silva PerdigãoSubject(s): History, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studierea Holocaustului din Romania ELIE WIESEL
Keywords: Aristides Sousa Mendes;Portugal;Bordeaux;entry visa;António de Oliveira Salazar; Jewish refugees;World War II;consular circulars;consular regulations
Summary/Abstract: It is the intention of this article to objectively present the motifs and the out standing socio-cultural climate during the first years of the World War II, which determined the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, Aristides Sousa Mendes, a Righteous Among the Nations, to disobey the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs regulations by issuing thousands of visas, free of charge, to mainly Jewish war refugees in order to facilitate their flight from Nazi occupied Europe, using Lisbon as their departure harbor.
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
- Issue Year: VIII/2016
- Issue No: 09
- Page Range: 93-104
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English
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