Lecointre/Popescu
Visa Recipients
- LECOINTRE, Tatiana Cornelia née ATHANASESCU A
Age 26 | Visa #1781 - POPESCU, Elvira P A
Age 46 | Visa #1778
About the Family
Elvira POPESCU was a Rumanian-born French film and stage actress also known as Elvire POPESCO.
She and her daughter Tatiana LECOINTRE received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17, 1940 after having been explicitly denied by Salazar, the Portuguese head of state.
They remained in Occupied France during the war.
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- Artifacts
Telegram from Salazar denying visas to this family and others - Courtesy of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon
Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon