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H.Res. 457

ResolutionFederalHouseIn Committee
Honoring the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches to save the lives of French Jews and other persons during the Holocaust.
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Committee
Latest Action · May 30, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congress
118th (2023–2025)
Introduced
May 30, 2023
Cosponsors (10)
8D 2R
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This resolution honors the humanitarian work of Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches, Consul of Portugal in Bordeaux, France, following the Nazi invasion of France. The resolution states that he acted with great courage and at personal risk to issue visas that spared many thousands of people from the Nazi occupation of France and the Holocaust.

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