Kranz

Visa Recipients

  • KRANZ, Berta P A
    Age 29 | Visa #1383
  • KRANZ, Samuel P A
    Age 57 | Visa #1384
  • KRANZ, Suze née RICHTER P A
    Age 61 | Visa #1382

About the Family

The KRANZ family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 12, 1940 after having been explicitly denied by Salazar, the Portuguese head of state.

They crossed into Portugal and subsequently sailed from Spain to Plymouth, England on June 23, 1940.

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Visa issued to Samuel KRANZ in Bordeaux

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Telegram from Salazar denying visas to this family and others - Courtesy of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

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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