Um artigo na revista AMI, escrito por descendentes de familias salvas por Aristides de Sousa Mendes demonstra o valor emocionante da coleção da Sousa Mendes Foundation.
"This amazing website, of the Sousa Mendes Foundation run by a woman named Olivia Mattis of the Sousa Mendes Foundation, contains all of the authentic documentation and actual visa lists preserved and signed by Sousa Mendes himself. In my great-grandparents’ case, it included a two-page spread listing all of the people under my Bubby’s name, including aunts, uncles, cousins and friends—all of whom were saved on the day the priest found her crying at the park."
TWO FAMILIES AND A DIPLOMAT: WAS IT MORE THAN A COINCIDENCE IN FRANCE? – AMI MAGAZINE
June 3, 2020On June 15, 1940, a tall diamond cutter and chess champion stood in line with hundreds of other Jews waiting for a ticket out of the death trap that was France. After many hours, the righteous gentile he had been waiting to see gave him the visa that would save his life. Three days later, a young woman stood in that same line, securing the papers that would prevent her and her family from being deported to Auschwitz.
"This amazing website, of the Sousa Mendes Foundation run by a woman named Olivia Mattis of the Sousa Mendes Foundation, contains all of the authentic documentation and actual visa lists preserved and signed by Sousa Mendes himself. In my great-grandparents’ case, it included a two-page spread listing all of the people under my Bubby’s name, including aunts, uncles, cousins and friends—all of whom were saved on the day the priest found her crying at the park."
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