SOUSA MENDES FOUNDATION - US JUNE 24, 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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A public ceremony marking the unveiling of the street sign had been planned for June 2020 but is postponed to a future date to be determined. The street sign is in Hebrew, Arabic and English, and reads: “Aristides de Sousa Mendes Square, Consul General of Portugal in Bordeaux (France), saved thousands of Jews during the years 1939-40.”
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Other anniversary events took place earlier this month. On June 9th, the Portuguese Parliament voted unanimously to induct Sousa Mendes into the National Pantheon. This action was significant, as Sousa Mendes died in 1954 after having been disgraced and punished by the Portuguese government of his time. On June 17th, 2020 Pope Francis invoked the memory of Sousa Mendes and his action to declare that date to be henceforth considered as the “Day of Conscience.”
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The Sousa Mendes Foundation was established in 2010 to perpetuate the memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and to educate the public about refugees and rescue during the Holocaust. Named “Organization of the Year” in 2012 by The Portuguese Tribune, the Sousa Mendes Foundation is engaged in a worldwide search for families who escaped the Holocaust through Portugal. The Foundation has a two-fold mission: raising funds for the creation of a Sousa Mendes Museum and Site of Conscience and sponsoring projects that teach the importance of moral courage in a civilized world.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION please contact info@sousamendesfoundation.org or (877) 797-9759.
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