Krakauer/Kraus

Visa Recipients

  • KRAKAUER, Chaim A
    Age 39 | Visa #2174
  • KRAUS, Leopold A
    Age 49 | Visa #1923
  • KRAUS, Rachel Laja “Lola” A
    Age 41 | Visa #2173
  • KRAUSOVA, Erna A
    Age 47 | Visa #1922
  • KRAUSOVA, Marie
    Age 13

About the Family

Chaim KRAKAUER and the KRAUS family received their visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17 and 18, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal. Leopold and Erna KRAUS sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel São Tome in February 1941. Chaim KRAKAUER emigrated to the United States.

  • Artifacts
1914-50

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

2141-76

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