Van Dam

Visa Recipients

  • VAN DAM, Julia Regina Francisca née SMETTE P A
    Age 37 | Visa #1824
  • VAN DAM, Karel/Karrel P A
    Age 44 | Visa #1825
  • VAN DAM, Lodewyck A
    Age 53 | Visa #1689
  • VAN DAM, Rebecca A
    Age 44 | Visa #1826
  • VAN DAM, Sientje Anna A
    Age 45 | Visa #1688

About the Family

The VAN DAM family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 15 and 17, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal. Lodewijk and Sientje VAN DAM sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Nea Hellas in August 1940. Karel, Julia and Rebecca VAN DAM sailed from Lisbon to New York on the Nea Hellas in October 1940.

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1658-94

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

1806-41

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