His ancestry included a notable aristocratic line, even also to a famous Medieval King of Portugal, and included the famous famous Algarvian mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, the Jewish Madragana Ben Aloandro. God Blesse you all Shalom from Portugal.
You can't issue 30,000 Visas in 4 days. It was apparently 1,500. Nevertheless even saving 1 life is heroic. The poor guy was fired and died in poverty.
The comforting part of the all story is that; he knew he was doing the right thing in his own conscience, and history would prove him right. Today he's viewed as a National Hero in Portugal, and I am very proud of of him. I share the same last name with him (don't know if we are remotely related), but when I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and saw his name as one of the "righteous among the nations", I couldn't stop crying.
Aristides died in misery due to his act of bravery and conviction ...
Wonderful people who saved so many lives , angles from heaven that they are to put there own lives at risk to save other people . We must never foget.
His ancestry included a notable aristocratic line, even also to a famous Medieval King of Portugal, and included the famous famous Algarvian mistress to king Afonso III of Portugal, the Jewish Madragana Ben Aloandro.
God Blesse you all
Shalom from Portugal.
You can't issue 30,000 Visas in 4 days.
It was apparently 1,500. Nevertheless even saving 1 life is heroic. The poor guy was fired and died in poverty.
The comforting part of the all story is that; he knew he was doing the right thing in his own conscience, and history would prove him right. Today he's viewed as a National Hero in Portugal, and I am very proud of of him. I share the same last name with him (don't know if we are remotely related), but when I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC and saw his name as one of the "righteous among the nations", I couldn't stop crying.