Defauw

Visa Recipients

  • DEFAUW, Gladys née TIMMERMAN A
    Age 20 | Visa #1217
  • DEFAUW, Jean A
    Age 23 | Visa #1218 and 1609

About the Family

The DEFAUW couple received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 5, 1940. Jean DEFAUW received a second visa on June 15.

They crossed into Portugal and sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Nea Hellas in July 1940.

Artifacts
  • Artifacts
1194-1229

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

1586-1621

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