Amidst the horrors and atrocities of World War II, there were selfless acts of compassion, heroism, and defiance in the face of fascism.
Amidst the horrors and atrocities of World War II, there were selfless acts of compassion, heroism, and defiance in the face of fascism. Portuguese consul to France, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, went against the orders of his authoritarian prime minister and used his office to issue visas to help refugees escape the advancing Nazis. --On This Day in History Shit Went Down: June 17, 1940-- Sousa Mendes was 64 when the fucking Nazis invaded France. That’s getting near an age when a lot of people begin to say fuck all of it and do what they damn well please. Except in this case, it wasn’t what he pleased, but what he believed were orders from God. Portugal was fascist as fuck. Since 1932 authoritarian asswipe Antonio de Oliveira Salazar was running the show. Salazar knew damn well the fucking Nazis were intending to murder as many Jews as they could, and he didn’t give a shit. So in the late 1930s he began to lock down his country’s borders, enacting a no-Jews policy. In M...