Aristides de Sousa Mendes
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Date
1922
Description
Aristides de Sousa Mendes while working at the Portuguese consulate in San Francisco. He was later transferred to Bordeaux where he served as consul-general throughout World War II. Sousa Mendes used this position to issue thousands of visas to refugees fleeing Nazi rule.
Type
Photograph
Region
United States
Era
Turn of the Century and WWI, The Great Depression and WW II
Topic
Genocide, Global History and Geography, Immigration, Jewish History, World War II
Repository
Identifer
2744/1
Source
Yad Vashem Photo Archive
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