Aristides de Sousa Mendes Saved Thousands From Holocaust, But Lost All
In 1940 , less than a year into what would become the deadliest war ever waged , a lifelong Portuguesediplomatnamed Aristides de Sousa Mendes , set apart to a consulate in Bordeaux , France , was faced with a rip choice : Defy orderliness , thereby risking his position , his very living and the safety of his wife and 12 children , or carry out his duty and leave alone the luck of tens of thousands of refugees to advancing Nazi forces ....