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Josealain fralon, jeancarol larrive and joel santoni. He was a man who was truly alone during one of the darkest moments in history. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving. 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. Aristides sousa mendes a sua vida em filme imagens. His disobedience again angered the portuguese government. 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. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Sousa mendes saved more people than schindler but died a pariah. 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. However, mendes had a keen sense of right and wrong, coupled with solid christian values. France and the portuguese government was scrambling to bring home its rebel consul from bordeaux.

In addition, we learn about portugals neutral policy of the time. With god against man, documentary by semyon pinkhasov u. The guardian reports that his final wish was that his name be restored. Born into an aristocratic portuguese family, mendes chose a diplomatic career for himself. At the time of the german invasion of france he was the portuguese consul to bordeaux. Portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds.

Sousa mendes left bordeaux on july 8 and returned to lisbon, portugal. With the nazi invasion of france came an order from portugal that no jews or dissidents. Portuguese diplomat saves refugees from nazi germany i. Aug 04, 2016 portugals schindler is remembered, decades after his lifesaving deeds. He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30. He was dismissed from the diplomatic service and was denied retirement and severance benefits. We saw the movie with a different english title, disobedience. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he a. 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. The views expressed here are his own unless otherwise noted.

For this, sousa mendes was punished by the salazar regime. The strain caused the fracturing of his family, and in 1954 sousa mendes died in poverty and obscurity. Following the occupation of france in the summer of 1940, foreign consulates were faced with large numbers of jews, desperately trying to obtain. As the portuguese consulgeneral in bordeaux, france, during world war ii, sousa mendes was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. He was a portuguese diplomat who served his country for 30 years. Foreword jaime gama minister of state and of foreign affairs september 2000. The book begins with mendess childhood, family, and career. Five sousa mendes visa recipients and their families were on hand to welcome the president, and representatives of the sousa mendes foundation. Sousa mendes saved more people than schindler but died a.

After filling posts in various capitals including the united states and europe, he was posted to bordeaux, france, as the portuguese consulgeneral. Louisphilippe mendes, huffington post, 18 april 2012. Portuguese state airline honors wwii diplomat the times. The government, embarrassed by the bessa lopes report, suppressed its existence for more than a decade. Carlos 1922 1999, sebastian 19232006, and john paul abranches 19322009 lived. News people profiles sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he a household name too. Three of his 14 children, carlos 19221999, sebastian 19232006, and john paul abranches 19322009 lived and died in the u. Sousa mendes, portugals consul in bordeaux when germany invaded. The film reveals that, like oskar schindler, sousa mendes did not set out to be a hero. In portugal, a protector of a people is honored the new york times.