Press Releases

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  • Sousa Mendes Family Wins Victory In Portuguese Courts — “The most important thing was not the money, it was the truth”

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    October 2, 2025
    Grandchildren of Aristides de Sousa Mendes reach agreement in lawsuit for “offense to the memory” of their grandfather.

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  • Sousa Mendes Foundation Advising on Project to Film Stories of Diplomat Heroes of the Holocaust

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    June 2, 2021
    The Sousa Mendes Foundation is consulting on a project to film the stories of the diplomat rescuers.

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  • Sousa Mendes Video Sculpture Unveiled

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    April 21, 2021
    The exhibition at the Peniche museum in Portugal is the official unveiling of the sculpture, which will then tour to other sites worldwide.

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  • Sousa Mendes Square in Jerusalem Caps Anniversary Celebrations

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    June 24, 2020
    A city square in Jerusalem has been named in memory of the Portuguese diplomat and Holocaust rescuer Aristides de Sousa Mendes, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of his daring rescue action.

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  • Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards $25,000 Grant to Sousa Mendes Foundation

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    March 9, 2020
    The grant is in support of an innovative art installation project designed to bring the story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes to new audiences through art.

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  • Search continues for Holocaust refugees who escaped through Portugal

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    October 23, 2019
    FOUNDATION HAS IDENTIFIED NEARLY 4000 NAMES AND SEEKS TO EXPAND THE LIST

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  • Film Screening and Discussion at Roosevelt House, New York

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    October 22, 2019
    EVENT TO BE HELD AT ROOSEVELT HOUSE ON REFUGEES SAVED BY ARISTIDES DE SOUSA MENDES AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

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  • Initial victory for family of Aristides de Sousa Mendes in anti-defamation lawsuit

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    February 5, 2019
    IN COURT FILING, DEFENDANTS ADMIT THAT SOUSA MENDES WAS A HERO

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  • Film Screening in Key West, Florida

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    December 3, 2018
    FILM TO BE PRESENTED ON DECEMBER 17 AT CONGREGATION B’NAI ZION AS PART OF THE FILM SERIES M3M, FOLLOWED BY DISCUSSION LED BY ROBERT JACOBVITZ

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  • Girl Scouts of Utah Receive Holocaust Education Through Performance of Sousa Mendes Oratorio

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    February 6, 2018
    GSU INITIATED UNPRECEDENTED EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN OF SUPPORT

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