Spinner/Wilensky
Visa Recipients
- SPINNER, Mariem A
Visa #1277 - WILENSKY, Chana née SPINNER P A
Age 28 | Visa #1211 - WILENSKY, Henri P A
Age 38 | Visa #1210
About the Family
The Spinner/Wilensky family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 5 and 8, 1940.
Henri and Chana WILENSKY crossed into Portugal and in March of 1941 sailed to New York on the Serpa Pinto. Mariem SPINNER remained in Europe and survived the war in hiding in Brussels.
This family is linked with the LERNER family.
- Photos
- Artifacts
Visa issued to Henri WILENSKY in Bordeaux
Portuguese identity card of Henri WILENSKY
Portuguese identity card of Henri WILENSKY
Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the 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