It was june 1940, and the portuguese diplomat stationed in bordeaux, france, could not ignore nearly 120,000 refugees amassed down. Aristides sousa mendes a sua vida em filme imagens. He was dismissed from the diplomatic service and was denied retirement and severance benefits. Sousa mendes left bordeaux on july 8 and returned to lisbon, portugal. Por isso, e distinguido duas vezes por leopoldo iii, rei da belgica, onde o fez oficial da ordem e comendador da ordem da coroa. The german occupation prompted tens of thousands of refugees, including thousands of jews, to flee southward from the northern departements in the hope of exiting france via the only remaining avenue of escape, the southern border into spain and portugal, and. Born into an aristocratic portuguese family, mendes chose a diplomatic career for himself.
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. He was a man who was truly alone during one of the darkest moments in history. The guardian reports that his final wish was that his name be restored. Louisphilippe mendes, huffington post, 18 april 2012. 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. His disobedience again angered the portuguese government. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Ai confrontao com o seu verdadeiro nome, aaron apelman.
Apr 08, 2011 the strain caused the fracturing of his family, and in 1954 sousa mendes died in poverty and obscurity. In addition, we learn about portugals neutral policy of the time. Rifiutandosi di eseguire gli ordini del suo governo il regime di salazar e concedendo visti a rifugiati di tutte le nazionalita che dovevano fuggire dalla francia nel 1940, anno dellinvasione della francia da parte della germania nazista nella seconda guerra mondiale. With vitor norte, carlos paulo, joao nunes monteiro, leonor seixas. Ocupou diversas delegacoes consulares portuguesas pelo mundo fora, entre elas zanzibar, brasil, estados unidos ou guiana. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. A man who issued over 30000 visas for safe passage to portugal defying orders. Sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt. As the portuguese consulgeneral in bordeaux, france, during world war ii, sousa mendes was responsible for saving the lives of thousands of people. April 1954 in lissabon war ein portugiesischer diplomat. News people profiles sousa mendes saved more lives than schindler so why isnt he a household name too. After filling posts in various capitals including the united states and europe, he was posted to bordeaux, france, as the portuguese consulgeneral.