Aristides de Sousa Mendes
A Portuguese consul who defied dictator Salazar to issue tens of thousands of life-saving visas in June 1940, and was stripped of his rank for it.
Curated by
Glen Kerby
Founder, I Drink Living Water
“I chose Sousa Mendes because he paid the full price and asked for nothing back — he signed until his hand gave out, saved tens of thousands, and died penniless and stripped of his rank. That kind of quiet, ruinous courage is exactly what we exist to restore to the light, alongside the Sousa Mendes Foundation carrying his name forward.”
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