2021 Portugal €5 Silver Proof Coin "Aristides Sousa Mendes - Never Forget"

• Mint: Portuguese Mint
• Denomination: €5
• Quality: Proof
• Limit: 2,500 pcs.
• Alloy: 92.5% Sterling Silver
• Diameter: 30 mm
• Weight: 14 grams
• Artists: José Viriato
• Delivered in jewel box with printed certificate.

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Aristides de Sousa Mendes do Amaral e Abranches (1885–1954) was a Portuguese consul during World War II.

As the Portuguese consul-general in the French city of Bordeaux, he defied the orders of António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo regime, issuing as many as 30,000 visas and passports to refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, including as many as 10,000 Jews.

Punishid by the Estado Novo regime, Sousa Mendes was vindicated in 1988, more than a decade after the Carnation Revolution, which toppled the Estado Novo. On 9 June 2020, Portugal granted official recognition to Sousa Mendes. Parliament decided a monument in the National Pantheon should bear his name. For his efforts to save Jewish refugees, Sousa Mendes was recognized by Israel as one of the Righteous Among the Nations, the first diplomat to be so honored, in 1966.