A Good Man in Evil Times: Aristides De Sousa Mendes - the Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in World War II: Aristides de Sousa Mendes - The Unknown Hero Who Saved Countless Lives in WWII - Hardcover

Early in 1940, thousands of refugees fleeing the invading Nazi armies poured into Bordeaux. Their only hope of salvation was to continue their journey to neutral countries like Spain and Portugal. But Franco and Salazar, not wanting to offend Hitler, instructed their embassies and consulates not to issue visas. Enter an exceptional man: Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux. Over a period of six months, he defied Salazar's orders and signed thousands of visas, thus rescuing their recipients, many of them Jews, from a terrible fate at the hands of the Nazis. He was disgraced and ended his days destitute, but Sousa Mendes has earned himself a place in the pantheon of truly just men.