Aristides de Sousa Mendes
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Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches was a Portuguese diplomat who is recognized as a national hero for his actions during World War II. As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city
Aristides de Sousa Mendes in 1940
Aristides and Angelina de Sousa Mendes with their first six children, 1917.
Refugees in Belgium, May 1940.
Life saving visa issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes to Annelies Kaufmann, age 15, on May 24, 1940.
Maurice de Rothschild
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Maurice Edmond Karl de Rothschild was a French art collector, vineyard owner, financier and politician. He was born into the Rothschild banking family of France.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
…daughter, Marie-Rose. As his financial situation deteriorated, he would sometimes write to the people he had helped asking for money. On one occasion, Maurice de Rothschild sent him 30,000 Portuguese escudos, a considerable amount of money in Portugal at that time. César de Sousa Mendes, twin brother of Aristides, did…
Rothschild in 1914