De GroenVisa RecipientsDE GROEN, Etienne AVisa #1471DE GROEN, Gabrielle AVisa #1470About the FamilyThe DE GROEN couple received their visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 14, 1940 after having been explicitly denied by Salazar, the Portuguese head of state. ArtifactsArtifactsTelegram from Sousa Mendes on behalf of DE GROENPage of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon