Aristides de Sousa Mendes may not be a familiar name, but several people, along with their descendants, who owe their lives to him, are working to change that.

Eva speaks of her gratitude to China and the Chinese people.  She explains that despite the hardships related to the refugee experience, her family was able to survive the Holocaust in Shanghai and move on to create a new life in Australia.

Irma speaks fondly of her life in Chongqing, while she lived in China as a German Jewish refugee during the war.

John reflects on the historical reasons of the anti-refugee sentiment he experienced from the local population while living in China as a German Jewish refugee during the war.

Hermine talks about the medical assistance she received from a local Chinese woman when she, a Jewish refugee from Germany, lived in the Hongkew Ghetto in Shanghai during the war.

Gert expresses his gratitude toward Chinese people and explains that Shanghai served his family as a place of refuge during the war.

Gert describes the community established by Jewish refugees from Germany upon their arrival in China on the eve of World War II. He remembers the living conditions in Shanghai and mentions the Hongkew Ghetto formed in the city by the occupying Japanese authorities in 1943.

Eva reflects on the living conditions she had as a child living in Shanghai, China, during the war and discusses her daily activities.

Fred speaks of his enrollment in the Shanghai Jewish School and describes the education he received while living as a German Jewish refugee in China during the war.

While reminiscing on the Jewish life in Shanghai, Eva talks about the customs and observances her family maintained while living as German Jewish refugees in China, and discusses synagogue attendance.  She  recollects social and cultural activities in the local community.

Fred recalls his first impressions of Shanghai while, housed in a refugee camp, he and his family were adapting to life in China after having fled Nazi Germany in 1939.  He notes that soon after their arrival,  his family moved out of the camp to the Shanghai Japanese quarter.

Helen talks about the overcrowded housing conditions she and her family had in Ward Road Heim—a makeshift refugee camp established in Shanghai, China, during the war.

Henri Deutsch, a jewish survivor, who along with his family was rescued by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, recalls the Portuguese diplomat. Sousa Mendes, against orders from the Portuguese government, issued an estimated 30,000 travel visas to people escaping Nazi-occupied France in 1940.