A Portuguese consul who defied dictator Salazar to issue tens of thousands of life-saving visas in June 1940, and was stripped of his rank for it.
Historical · 1885–1954
Aristides de Sousa Mendes
He signed visas until his hand gave out — thousands of them — then died penniless and disgraced.
More voices through the Origin door
People who built what was needed.
Origin · 1909–2015Nicholas Winton
He rescued 669 children — and said almost nothing about it for fifty years.
Origin · 1910–2008Irena Sendler
She smuggled ~2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto — and buried their names in jars.
Origin · 1921–1943Sophie Scholl
She was 21 when she was executed for handing out leaflets.
Held to the Light
A quiet note when a new voice is lifted up. You’re in good company.