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Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches bol portugalský šľachtic a diplomat. Vyštudoval právo na univerzite v Coimbre. Ako konzul v Bordeaux vydal počas rokov 1940 – 1941 napriek inštrukciám svojej vlády vstupné víza do Portugalska asi 30 000 osobám, väčšinou Židom.

Moja vláda odmietla vydať víza akýmkoľvek utečencom. Ale ja nemôžem poslať tých ľudí na smrť... Som rozhodnutý vydať vízum každému, kto si o ne povie... Aj keby som mal byť prepustený, musím konať ako kresťan, ako mi káže moje svedomie.

V roku 1941 bol pre túto svoju činnosť prinútený svojimi nadriadenými odísť do dôchodku. Zomrel v úplnej chudobe roku 1954. Na konci roka 2006 ho hlasy divákov televízie RTF umiestnili v prvej desiatke ankety Najväčší Portugalčan, v nasledujúcom druhom kole sa potom umiestnil na treťom mieste, za Antóniom Salazar a Alvarom Cunhalom. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. júl 1885 – 3. apríl 1954
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“I would stand with God against man, rather than with man against God.”

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Quoted in Bard The Complete History of the Holocaust (2001), p. 327; see also "Aristides de Sousa Mendes" at Jewish Virtual Library http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Mendes.html.

“At a time when many men were cowards, he was a true hero to the West.”

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Otto von Habsburg, quoted in The Independent, Sunday 17 October 2010
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“Aristides de Sousa Mendes saved my life. He enabled me to have a family that includes professionals whose lives are very much dedicated to helping humankind. In that way the value of his sacrifices has increased exponentially in succeeding generations.”

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Sonja Jarvik, quoted in The Independent, Sunday 17 October 2010
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“I could not have acted otherwise, and I therefore accept all that has befallen me with love.”

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Quoted in The Independent, Sunday 17 October 2010

“Aristides de Sousa Mendes was neither a superhero endowed with supernatural powers nor a saint capable of working miracles, but rather a man who loved others and who believed in humanity above all else. He was a man who was truly alone during one of the darkest moments in history.”

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Louis-Philippe Mendes, Huffington Post, 18 April 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louisphilippe-mendes/holocaust-remembrance-day_b_1434733.html
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“I cannot allow all you people to die. Many of you are Jews, and our constitution clearly states that neither the religion nor the political beliefs of foreigners can be used as a pretext for refusing to allow them to stay in Portugal. I've decided to be faithful to that principle, but I shan't resign for all that. The only way I can respect my faith as a Christian is to act in accordance with the dictates of my conscience.”

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Quoted in The Independent, Sunday 17 October 2010 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/sousa-mendes-saved-more-lives-than-schindler-so-why-isnt-he-a-household-name-too-2105882.html

“Starting today I will obey my conscience. As a Christian I do not have the right to let these women and men die.”

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Quoted in Huffington Post, 18 April 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/louisphilippe-mendes/holocaust-remembrance-day_b_1434733.html

“Even if I am dismissed, I can only act as a Christian, as my conscience tells me.”

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Quoted in The Independent, Sunday 17 October 2010