Aristides de sousa mendes a rebel 2009 download germany

With bernard le coq, nanou garcia, lionel lingelser, roger souza. Increase brain power, focus music, reduce anxiety, binaural and isochronic beats duration. He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30 years. Yet he is reported to have saved 30,000 people during the holocaust, 12,000 of them jews. Having graduated in law, in the university of coimbra, in 1907, aristides unlike his father, who was a judge and his twin brother, who embarked in politics chooses to follow a consular career, mainly connected to administrative aspects, in particular the. He issued visas to 30,000 refugees, the majority of whom were jews fleeing the nazis, helping them to avoid certain death. Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the shapell center. The sousa mendes foundation is interested in tracking the fates of all visa recipients, no matter their stories. The film reveals that, like oskar schindler, sousa mendes did not set out to be a hero. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he. Bordeaux, france may 1940 on may 10, 1940, germany invaded france and swiftly advanced south through the country. They were jews and nonjews, public figures and private citizens, most with passports but many without.

The museums collections document the fate of holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. With an additional subsidy from the ministry, the foundation was just able to buy back the sousa mendes family home with the objective of creating the sousa mendes museum, in permanent tribute to the heroic acts of. Between june 16 and 23, 1940, he frantically issued portuguese visas free of charge, to over 30,000 refugees seeking to escape the nazi terror, 12,000 of whom were jews. However, mendes had a keen sense of right and wrong, coupled with solid christian values. The strain caused the fracturing of his family, and in 1954 sousa mendes died in poverty and obscurity. Be it in direct german control, axis countries or even in neighboring relatively safer places, jews were being hunted or under threat.

At the time of the german invasion of france he was the portuguese consul to bordeaux, a catholic gentleman of. Two other portuguese diplomats, carlos sampaio garrido and alberto teixeira branquinho, acted in a. Following the occupation of france in the summer of 1940, foreign consulates were faced with large numbers of jews, desperately trying to obtain visas in order to leave nazi dominated territories. The guardian reports that his final wish was that his name be restored. After filling posts in various capitals including the united states and europe, he was posted to bordeaux, france, as the portuguese consulgeneral. At the time of the german invasion of france he was the portuguese consul to bordeaux, a catholic gentleman of aristocratic origins in late middle. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt. Portuguese diplomat saves refugees from nazi germany i am.

At the time, portugal was under the dictatorial rule of antonio salazar, and even though it was declared as officially neutral in the war, salazar issued a directive called circular 14 to all of portugals diplomats, instructing them to. Aug 04, 2016 portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds. Sousa mendes left bordeaux on july 8 and returned to lisbon, portugal. Those attributes led him to openly defy his government to save the lives of thousands of people. Parallels descendants of jews who escaped nazioccupied france recently gathered to. He was dismissed from the diplomatic service and was denied retirement and severance benefits. Born into an aristocratic portuguese family, mendes chose a diplomatic career for himself. The sousa mendes visa recipients came from fortynine countries and all walks of life. Portuguese diplomat saves refugees from nazi germany i. After thinking about it for awhile he agreed even though he knew hed get in serious trouble.

Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds. In portugal, a protector of a people is honored the new. By 1940 the conditions for jews in europe were getting worse by the day. Today, mendess name is engraved in gold in the pantheon of the righteous among the nations. As the portuguese consulgeneral in bordeaux, france, during world war ii, sousa mendes was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. His disobedience again angered the portuguese government. On april 3, 2001 the irwf had paid a tribute to sousa mendes in new york city.

Most sought to enter spain, proceed to portugal, and then escape. Five sousa mendes visa recipients and their families were on hand to welcome the president, and representatives of the sousa mendes foundation. This article about a person or group of people is a stub. That same year, a rabbi asked mendes to issue visas to people in need, which would violated the clear command of his superiors.