Kantor/Zvillinger

Visa Recipients

  • KANTOR, Friedrich aka Friedrich TORBERG P A
    Age 33 | Visa #2245
  • ZVILLINGER, Vilem P A
    Age 44 | Visa #2244

About the Family

These two writers received visas together from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 19, 1940.

Friedrich TORBERG later crossed the border from Mexico the US in March 1941.

Vilem ZVILLINGER sailed from Bermuda to Savannah, Georgia on the ship City of Birmingham in April 1942. He later adopted the spelling ZWILLINGER for his surname.

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Visa issued to Friedrich KANTOR/TORBERG in Bordeaux

2213-50

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