Bruno

Visa Recipients

  • BRUNO, Alexandre A
    Age 51 | Visa #1869
  • BRUNO, Anna A
    Age 74 | Visa #1871
  • BRUNO, Gloria Annabelle A
    Age 7 | Visa #1868
  • BRUNO, Jacqueline A
    Age 45 | Visa #1870

About the Family

The BRUNO family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal. Alexandre, Jacqueline and Gloria BRUNO sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Excambion in July 1940. Anna BRUNO followed on the Exeter in August 1940.

  • Artifacts
Telegram from Sousa Mendes on behalf of BRUNO

Telegram from Sousa Mendes on behalf of BRUNO

1842-77

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

Jules Romains

New York Times clipping from July 16, 1940