For three days and nights, Mendes and his family signed visas nonstop.
Mendes chose to follow his conscience over his career, declaring, "I would rather stand with God against Man than with Man against God." The Visa Factory O CГґnsul de BordГ©us - ainda sem legenda
He was recalled to Lisbon, stripped of his diplomatic rank, and denied his pension. Legacy of Honor For three days and nights, Mendes and his
Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during WWII, is the "Portuguese Wallenberg." In June 1940, defying direct orders from his government, he issued thousands of visas to refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France. For three days and nights