Frid/Weiden

Visa Recipients

  • FRID, Fradel née WEIDEN P A
    Age 40 | Visa #2205
  • FRID, Symcha P A
    Age 41 | Visa #2204
  • WEIDEN, Chaja Sara
    Age 1
  • WEIDEN, Efroim Fischel P A
    Age 30 | Visa #2223
  • WEIDEN, Frimet Rifka
    Age 3
  • WEIDEN, Hene née SCHAJA P A
    Age 31 | Visa #2222
  • WEIDEN, Hilde Hudes
    Age 6
  • WEIDEN, Jachet née SCHAJA P A
    Age 70 | Visa #2206
  • WEIDEN, Jacob P A
    Age 37 | Visa #2212
  • WEIDEN, Josef P A
    Age 65 | Visa #2207

About the Family

The members of this extended family received visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940.

They crossed into Portugal where they lived in Curia and Porto.

The FRID couple sailed from Lisbon to New York on the vessel Lourenço Marques in February 1941.

The WEIDEN family members, some of whom traveled under the surname of SCHAJA, sailed on the ship Nyassa from Lisbon to New York in April 1941.

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Portuguese visa issued to Symcha FRID in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940 signed by Aristides de Sousa Mendes

Portuguese visa issued to Fradel FRID in Bordeaux on June 18, 1940 signed by Aristides de Sousa Mendes

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

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