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For three days and nights, Mendes and his family signed visas nonstop.

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He personally traveled to the border at Hendaye to ensure refugees were allowed through. For three days and nights, Mendes and his

Thousands were trapped in Bordeaux as the German army approached. For three days and nights

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It took until the late 1980s for the Portuguese government to officially restore his name.

The Portuguese regime (Estado Novo) explicitly banned visas for "undesirables," including Jews and stateless persons.