17 November 2024 at 5.30pm at the Jewish Museum of Belgium

This tribute to the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux from 1938 to 1940 is organised by “Les Justes de Belgique” and the “Aristides de Sousa Mendès Foundation – US”, in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Belgium and the Consistoire Central Israélite de Belgique. It honours the courage of the consul who chose to disobey his government by signing tens of thousands of visas enabling refugees, many of them Jewish, to flee the Shoah. An exemplary display of courage that is all the more appreciable today.

Hommage à Aristides de Sousa Mendes : Le Courage d’un Juste – Musée Juif de Belgique