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"I could not have acted otherwise, and I therefore accept all that has befallen me with love."
Erasmus+ 2020/2021
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Part 3
“I would rather stand with God against Man than with Man against God”
Aristides de Sousa Mendes’ Act of Conscience
He disobeyed the infamous "Circular 14", exhibiting courage, unselfishness and self-sacrifice by issuing visas to all refugees regardless of nationality, race, religion or political opinions.
Aristides de Sousa Mendes issued thousands of visas in 1940, acting in defiance of the Portuguese government orders.
“perhaps the largest rescue action by a single individual during the Holocaust.”
This heroic feat was characterized by the Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer as:
https://www.vaticannews.va/pt/papa/news/2020-06/papa-francisco-audiencia-geral-liberdade-consciencia-respeitada.html (accessed on 11.05.2021)
https://bbb.blogs.sapo.pt/arquivo/gkihgiki%20copy.jpg (accessed on 11.05.2021)
"Through me it was Portugal that was being honored".
He could not differentiate between nationalities, choosing to obey "the dictates of humanity, that distinguish neither race nor nationality".
He wanted to save all those who had suffered indescribably".