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A Good Man in Evil Times: The Story of Aristides De Sousa Mendes - the Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in World War II

A Good Man in Evil Times: The Story of Aristides De Sousa Mendes - the Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in World War II

Name: A Good Man in Evil Times: The Story of Aristides De Sousa Mendes - the Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in World War II
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: José-Alain Fralon
ISBN: 9780140286700

José-Alain Fralon

26/07/2001
Penguin Books Ltd

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de A Good Man in Evil Times: The Story of Aristides De Sousa Mendes - the Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in World War II par José-Alain Fralon

Résumé

Early in 1940, thousands of refugees fleeing the invading Nazi armies poured into Bordeaux. Their only hope of salvation was to continue their journey to neutral countries like Spain and Portugal. But Franco and Salazar, not wanting to offend Hitler, instructed their embassies and consulates not to issue visas. Enter an exceptional man: Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux. Over a period of six months, he defied Salazar's orders and signed thousands of visas, thus rescuing their recipients, many of them Jews, from a terrible fate at the hands of the Nazis. He was disgraced and ended his days destitute, but Sousa Mendes has earned himself a place in the pantheon of truly just men.