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Portuguese diplomat Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

The moral choice of a diplomat who defied orders

In June 1940, as the German army was sweeping southward in defeated France, Sousa Mendes was faced with an impossible conflict between his conscience and his loyalty to his government.

By MORDECAI PALDIEL

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