On March 6, a monument was inaugurated in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the humanitarian act carried out by the Consul.
On March 6, a monument was inaugurated in honor of Aristides de Sousa Mendes and the humanitarian act carried out by the Consul.
Girone's daughter Reha Bennicasa said she died of old age.
Her quiet strength and unwavering dedication left an indelible mark on the world.
"I can't explain how I survived," she stated in a video testimony that is part of the collection of the Holocaust Museum of Oporto.
The documentary Souvenirs de Iasi was screened in Lisbon, shedding light on Romania’s dark past and the massacre that devastated the Jewish community of Iasi in 1941.
In the course of World War II, thousands of non-Jews risked their lives to save Jews from deportation to the death camps throughout Nazi-occupied Europe.