Schaja/Weiden

Visa Recipients

  • SCHAJA, Chaja Sara
    Age 1
  • SCHAJA, Efroim Fischel P A
    Age 30 | Visa #2223
  • SCHAJA, Frimet Rifka
    Age 3
  • SCHAJA, Hene A
    Age 31 | Visa #2222
  • SCHAJA, Hilde Hudes
    Age 6
  • SCHAJA, Jacob A
    Age 37 | Visa #2212
  • WEIDEN, Jachet née SCHAJA A
    Age 70 | Visa #2206
  • WEIDEN, Josef A
    Age 65 | Visa #2207

About the Family

The SCHAJA and WEIDEN family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal, where they lived in Curia. They sailed on the ship Nyassa from Lisbon to New York in April 1941.

PhotosArtifacts
  • Photo

Efroim Fischel SCHAJA

  • Artifacts
2177-2212

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

2213-50

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