Los Angeles Jews will celebrate the life and moral courage of a devout Catholic beginning Jan. 22, with the world premiere of an oratorio, an exhibition, film screenings and a memorial service. The ...

Aristides and Angelina de Sousa Mendes with their first six children, 1917. Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. "It's the action, not the fruit of the action, that's important. You have to do the right ...

Aristides de Sousa Mendes faced a massive humanitarian crisis: It was June 1940, and the Portuguese diplomat stationed in Bordeaux, France, could not ignore nearly 120,000 refugees amassed down the ...

"[My wife] says to me, 'Now you have to identify yourself,'" Mattis recalls, tearing up slightly. "But I couldn't. I lost my voice." Mattis, now 85, and his wife, Noemi, 81, were at an event for ...

Jun 13, 2019 | 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Add to Calendar 13-06-2019 18:30 13-06-2019 21:00 America/Toronto Righteous among the Nations: Aristides de Sousa Mendes Join the Consulate of Portugal in Montreal and ...

Mendes issued roughly 30,000 visas and passports to refugees who fled Nazi Germany – including 10,000 visas to Jews fleeing their certain death in Europe. Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion inaugurated a city ...

Secretary-General António Guterres heralded the opening of a new museum in central Portugal on Friday which honours the extraordinary life of a man who showed “immense bravery” helping thousands of ...

Galleon Theatre Company’s Alice de Sousa tells Kerry Ann Eustice why its latest epic-feel production about unsung hero Aristides de Sousa has been a long time coming. We’ve all heard of Oskar ...