Heymans

Visa Recipients

  • HEYMANS, Anna née ROOS A
    Age 44 | Visa #2156
  • HEYMANS, Ellen P A
    Age 8
  • HEYMANS, Harold P A
    Age 11
  • HEYMANS, Henri Benjamin A
    Age 46 | Visa #2151
  • HEYMANS, Henriette Jacoba Anna née HARTOG P A
    Age 35 | Visa #2155
  • HEYMANS, Isidor P A
    Age 40 | Visa #2153
  • HEYMANS, Robert P A
    Age 17 | Visa #2154

About the Family

The HEYMANS family received visas issued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal and subsequently sailed on the ship Nea Hellas from Lisbon to New York in July 1940. Isidor and Henriette HEYMANS, along with their children Harold and Ellen were detained for a special inquiry due to an incomplete visa, but were eventually admitted into the US.

  • Photos
  • Artifacts
bunny carried during the exodus by Ellen HEYMANS

bunny carried during the exodus by Ellen HEYMANS

telegram from Sousa Mendes to Salazar

telegram from Sousa Mendes to Salazar

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