Our JGSGM member, Robert Jacobvitz, is Chair of the Advisory Council of the Sousa Mendes Foundation (http://sousamendesfoundation.org/). We are grateful to him for introducing us to the Aristedes de Sousa Mendes story. The recent screening event at the University of Miami in collaboration with Dr. Haim Shaked (Professor of Middle East Studies) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami was a great success. Rebecca Barber, daughter of visa recipient Otylia Lea Steppel (http://sousamendesfoundation.org/family/steppel) and Mr. John Tetzeli (http://sousamendesfoundation.org/family/kronacker-tetzeli), a visa recipient, participated in a panel discussion after a showing of the movie DISOBEDIENCE: THE SOUSA DE MENDES STORY (http://sousamendesfoundation.org/disobedience-the-sousa-mendes-story/). Please spread the word about Aristedes de Sousa Mendes (http://sousamendesfoundation.org/aristides-de-sousa-mendes-his-life-and-legacy/).
Thank you.
Paulette Bronstein
President
Jewish Genealogical Society of Greater Miami
New York Times Sousa de Mendes Article
