Groenteman/Hillesum

Visa Recipients

  • GROENTEMAN, Beletje/Beletzi née KOOPMAN P A
    Age 67 | Visa #1613
  • GROENTEMAN, Betty Simone A
    Age 12 | Visa #1612
  • GROENTEMAN, Hans
    Age 4
  • GROENTEMAN, Judith née KLEIN P A
    Age 36 | Visa #1611
  • GROENTEMAN, Salomon P A
    Age 34 | Visa #1617
  • GROENTEMAN, Simon P A
    Age 68 | Visa #1614
  • HILLESUM, Anna A
    Age 22 | Visa #1618
  • HILLESUM, Betty
    Age 14
  • HILLESUM, Drieka née GROENTEMAN P A
    Age 49 | Visa #1616
  • HILLESUM, Isaac P A
    Age 49 | Visa #1615

About the Family

The GROENTEMAN and HILLESUM families received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 15, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal and stayed in Porto. In September 1940 they all traveled on the Nea Hellas from Lisbon to New York.

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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