O Cгґnsul De Bordг©us - Ainda Sem Legenda -

In 2021, he was granted a monument in Lisbon’s National Pantheon.

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For three days and nights, Mendes and his family signed visas nonstop. O CГґnsul de BordГ©us - ainda sem legenda

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. In 2021, he was granted a monument in

His moral courage saved an estimated 30,000 lives, yet he died in poverty and disgrace, only to be recognized decades later as a "Righteous Among the Nations." The Moral Dilemma defying direct orders from his government