Wijnberg
Visa Recipients
- WIJNBERG, Antoinette/Anetje
- WIJNBERG, Isaac P A
Age 27 | Visa #1982 - WIJNBERG, Moses P A
Age 46 | Visa #1981 - WIJNBERG, Schoontje née WOUDHUIJSEN P A
Age 48 | Visa #1980
About the Family
The WIJNBERG family received their visa from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17, 1940.
Isaac WIJNBERG crossed into Portugal. He sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Quanza in August 1940. He became George WYNBERG and joined the U.S. army in 1942. He was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1946. His sister Antoinette/Anetje and their parents Moses and Schoontje traveled to the United Kingdom.
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- Artifact
Page of Sousa Mendes Visa Registry Book listing this family and others - Courtesy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives, Lisbon