Luis Martins de Souza Dantas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ambassador of Brazil to France during the Holocaust
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Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
About Luis Martins de Souza Dantas
- Luis Martins de Souza Dantas (17 February 1876 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 14 April 1954 in Paris, France) was a Brazilian diplomat who was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations by the Israeli Supreme Court in June 2003 for his participation during The Holocaust in helping Jews in France escape.
- It is estimated he saved 800 people, 425 confirmed to be Jewish.
- His actions were not limited to saving Jews, but others, such as communists and homosexuals.
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