Wolff

Visa Recipients

  • WOLFF, Alfred P A
    Age 36 | Visa #1865
  • WOLFF, Anita Gertrude A
    Age 3
  • WOLFF, Helena Frieda née BERLINERBLAU A
    Age 30 | Visa #1866

About the Family

The WOLFF family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17, 1940 after having been explicitly denied by Salazar, the Portuguese head of state.

They crossed into Portugal and traveled to Cuba. From there they sailed to New York on the vessel Veragua in October 1940.

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Telegram from Salazar denying visas to this family and others - Courtesy of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

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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