Notable People Issued Visas By Sousa Mendes
- Otto von Habsburg, heir of the Austrian-Hungarian Emperor, who was detested by Hitler and condemned to death by him
- Norbert Gingold, pianist
- Charles Oulmont, French writer
- Robert Montgomery
- The Belgian cabinet
- Sylvain Bromberger, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT
- Salvador Dali
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