D'Ancona

Visa Recipients

  • D’ANCONA , Benjamin A
    Age 38 | Visa #1798
  • D’ANCONA , Sophie/Sonia née EFRON A
    Age 25 | Visa #1797

About the Family

The D'ANCONA couple received their visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 17, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal, and sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Nea Hellas in August 1940.

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1770-1805

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