Carvalho, Aracy de, 1908-2011

LC control no.	n 2012213161
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Carvalho, Aracy de, 1908-2011 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	De Carvalho, Aracy, 1908-2011 Moebius Tess, Aracy de Carvalho, 1908-2011
Birth date	1908
Death date	2011
Found in	Justa, 2011: t.p. (Aracy de Carvalho) p. 25 (Aracy de Carvalho Moebius Tess; b. Apr. 1908) p. 22 (d. Mar. 3, 2011) Wikipedia, Jan. 30, 2012: (b. Dec. 5, 1908; d. Feb. 28, 2011; Brazilian diplomatic clerk who has been recognized with the title of Righteous Among the Nations; In 1936, she was appointed to the Brazilian Consulate in Hamburg, Germany, where she was made the Chief of the Passport Section. She started to help Jewish people during Kristallnacht, on November 9, 1938. She handed out visas to Jews without the red "J" that identified them as such, since Brazilian Dictator Getúlio Vargas non-officially denied visas to Jews. She was in very close relations with underground activists in Germany and would even grant visas to Jews she knew that had forged passports. In 1938 she met fellow diplomat and assistant-Consul João Guimarães Rosa, who would later become her second husband, and one of the most important Brazilian writers. With his help, she intensified her humanitarian activity, saving a great number of Jews from imprisonment and death. She remained in Germany until 1942, when Brazil broke relations with Germany and joined the Allied Forces. On July 8, 1982, Aracy de Carvalho became one of the two Brazilians honoured by the Yad Vashem with the Righteous Among the Nations award, together with Ambassador Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas.