Cartier/Galatzan

Visa Recipients

  • CARTIER, Elisabeth née DEMBO A
    Age 34 | Visa #1637
  • GALATZAN, Mihail A
    Age 43 | Visa #1225

About the Family

Mihail GALATZAN, from Romania, received a visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 5, 1940.

Elisabeth CARTIER, born in Russia, received a visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 15, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal and sailed together on the ship Quanza from Lisbon to New York in August 1940.

  • Artifacts
1194-1229

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

1622-57

Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon