Artur Carlos de Barros Basto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Portuguese military officer
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Place of Birth: Amarante, Norte region, Portugal
About Artur Carlos de Barros Basto
- Artur Carlos de Barros Basto (Hebrew: ????? ????? ??-????; Abraham Israel Ben-Rosh) (December 18, 1887 in Amarante, Portugal – March 8, 1961 in Porto), he made a career in the military and as a writer, who published several works related to Judaism.
- He was an important Jewish leader and one of the people who established the Jewish Community in Porto and assisted the construction of the Kadoorie Synagogue, the biggest Synagogue in Iberian Peninsula.
- Furthermore, he helped the return of Crypto-Jews to the Jewish people and, during World War II, helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust.
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