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Dantas, Souza, 1876-1954

LC control no.no2002116641
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Personal name headingDantas, Souza, 1876-1954
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Variant(s)Dantas, Sousa, 1876-1954
Souza Dantas, 1876-1954
Sousa Dantas, 1876-1954
Dantas, Luiz Martins de Souza, 1876-1954
Martins de Souza Dantas, Luiz, 1876-1954
Souza-Dantas, Luis de, 1876-1954
Other standard no.25672436
Birth date1879-02-17
Death date1954-04-14
Place of birthRio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityBrazil--Foreign relations--1930-1945 Brazil--Foreign relations--France Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France
Profession or occupationAmbassadors Diplomats Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
Found inQuixote nas trevas, 2002: t.p. (embaixador Souza Dantas) t.p. verso (Braz. CIP hdg.: Dantas, Luiz Martins de Souza Dantas, 1876-1954) p. 39 (b. Feb. 17, 1876, in Rio de Janeiro) p. 425 (d. April 16, 1954, in Paris; Brazilian ambassador in France, 1922-1944)
Les nations américaines et M. Gabriel Hanotaux, 1927: title page (Luis de Souza-Dantas, ambassadeur du Brésil) page 11 (S. Exc. M. de Souza-Dantas, ambassadeur du Brésil)
Wikipedia, Feb. 7, 2016 (Luis Martins de Souza Dantas (Luís... de Sousa..., in modern orthography; 17 February 1876 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-14 April 1954 in Paris, France); "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")
Portugese Wikipedia, Feb. 7, 2016 (article title: Luís Martins de Sousa Dantas)