Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum

Here are members of the Sousa Mendes family together with visa recipient families and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa of Portugal in front of the new Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum in Cabanas de Viriato, Portugal. "Save a life, save a world!"

The Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes rescued an estimated 30,000 people from the Holocaust and was severely punished for doing so. He was tried, convicted, blacklisted and impoverished by the Portuguese government of Antonio Salazar.

Mensage of António Guterres

Here is the message sent by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the occasion of the opening of the Aristides de Sousa Mendes Museum.