Selldorff

Visa Recipients

  • SELLDORFF, Eva née MANGOLD P A
    Age 32 | Visa #964
  • SELLDORFF, Paul P A
    Age 48 | Visa #963

About the Family

The SELLDORFF couple received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on May 24, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal with their dog, a schnauzer named Sherry. In June 1940 they all boarded the vessel George Washington and sailed to New York.

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  • Photos

Eva SELLDORFF née MANGOLD

Paul SELLDORFF

Sibyl SELLDORFF and Sherry the Schnauzer, post-War

  • Artifacts
Train ticket to cross Spain

Train ticket to cross Spain

Train ticket to Lisbon

Train ticket to Lisbon

Receipt for Sherry the schnauzer's passage

Receipt for Sherry the schnauzer's passage

Hotel receipt

Receipt from Grand Hôtel Montre in Bordeaux

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