About the Family

This visa was issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 20, 1940.

It probably was issued to the writer Lazar HERRMANN or his wife Maria HERRMANN or son Friedrich HERRMANN.

They all crossed into Portugal and sailed on the vessel Excalibur from Lisbon to New York on August 28, 1940. Lazar HERRMANN's pen name was Leo LANIA and the last name was sometimes spelled as HERMAN.