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He personally traveled to the border at Hendaye to ensure refugees were allowed through.

Aristides de Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese consul in Bordeaux during WWII, is the "Portuguese Wallenberg." In June 1940, defying direct orders from his government, he issued thousands of visas to refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied France. O CГґnsul de BordГ©us - ainda sem legenda

It took until the late 1980s for the Portuguese government to officially restore his name. He personally traveled to the border at Hendaye

His moral courage saved an estimated 30,000 lives, yet he died in poverty and disgrace, only to be recognized decades later as a "Righteous Among the Nations." The Moral Dilemma defying direct orders from his government