A resolution honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.

United States117th CongressSRES-89Senate
Updated: Mar 3, 2021

Summary

This resolution honors Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, who as consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, saved thousands of lives by issuing transit visas to French Jews and other persons, sparing them from Nazi occupation and the Holocaust.

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HRES-807: Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.

Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.

  1. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1032)

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  2. Introduced in Senate

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