The diplomat who saved Otto von Habsburg’s life—In memory of Aristides de Sousa Mendes
Our Foundation commemorates Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who passed away seventy years ago on 3 April 1954. The Portuguese diplomat, as his country’s Consul General in Bordeaux, was instrumental in 1940 in helping to escape Otto von Habsburg and his family, who were accused of treason and persecuted by Nazi Germany.
