Goldenhar

Visa Recipients

  • GOLDENHAR, Brajndla née SZAFRAN P A
    Age 47
  • GOLDENHAR, Lejb P A
    Age 46
  • GOLDENHAR, Mojzesz P A
    Age 16
  • GOLDENHAR, Sabina V P A
    Age 15

About the Family

The GOLDENHAR family, Polish citizens escaping from Belgium, received Portuguese visas in Toulouse on June 19, 1940 from honorary vice-consul Emile Gissot under orders from Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

They crossed into Portugal and sailed on the vessel Quanza from Lisbon to Vera Cruz, Mexico. After being denied entry by the Mexican authorities, they were eventually granted asylum in the United States.

VideosPhotosArtifacts
  • Video

Interview with Simone Neufeld née Sabina Goldenhar.  Excerpted from Nobody Wants Us (2019, dir. Laura Seltzer-Duny).  For more information, see www.nobodywantsus.com.

  • Photos

Brajndla GOLDENHAR née SZAFRAN

Lejb GOLDENHAR

Mojzesz GOLDENHAR

Sabina GOLDENHAR

Goldenhar family

Actors Madeleine Lebeau and Marcel Dalio on board the Quanza. Over Dalio's shoulder, wearing glasses, is Mojzesz Goldenhar, and in the rear, on the steps, is Lejb Goldenhar. To the far right is Izaak Rejdel.

  • Artifact

Visa issued to GOLDENHAR family in Toulouse