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

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

The Portuguese regime (Estado Novo) explicitly banned visas for "undesirables," including Jews and stateless persons. O CГґnsul de BordГ©us - ainda sem legenda

Thousands were trapped in Bordeaux as the German army approached.

His descendants and the families of those he saved continue to share his story as a beacon of humanitarianism. In 2021, he was granted a monument in

It took until the late 1980s for the Portuguese government to officially restore his name.

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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.