Kardorff

Visa Recipients

  • KARDORFF, Ernest A
    Age 45 | Visa #1246
  • KARDORFF, Gerda Golda née KUPFERMANN A
    Age 26 | Visa #1247
  • KARDORFF, René A
    Age 4

About the Family

The KARDORFF family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 6, 1940 after having been explicitly denied by Salazar, the Portuguese head of state.

They crossed into Portugal and stayed in Porto. In April 1941 they sailed on the Carvalho Araujo from Lisbon to New York.

Artifacts
  • Artifacts
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Telegram from Salazar denying visas to this family and others - Courtesy of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon

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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