About the Individual

Dr. Salomon TOCKER received a visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on October 9, 1939.

He crossed into Portugal, where he resided in Lisbon.

From there, he traveled to Chile and eventually to New York on the vessel Copiapo in September of 1942. As a Zionist, he worked to achieve international support for the founding of the state of Israel.