Diplomat. He was awarded the Righteous Among The Nations by the Israeli Supreme Court in June 2003. 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. Souza Dantas was born to an aristocratic family in Brazil. After completing law studies at age 21, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He rose through the ranks of the diplomatic service and served in various world capitals. In 1916, during World War I, he was appointed interim foreign minister for a few months. He reached the rank of ambassador in 1919, when he began to lead the Brazilian embassy in Rome. In late 1922 he was named ambassador of Brazil to France, a position he held until 1944. Between 1924 and 1926, during some periods, he was also the representative of the Brazilian government to the League of Nations, a body bringing together representatives of various countries in order to ensure world peace based on negotiation and friendly understanding among nations. He married a Jewish woman from San Francisco, Elise Meyer Stern, daughter of Eugene Meyer and widow of Abraham Stern, who had been secretary of Levi Strauss & Co.
Diplomat. He was awarded the Righteous Among The Nations by the Israeli Supreme Court in June 2003. 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. Souza Dantas was born to an aristocratic family in Brazil. After completing law studies at age 21, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He rose through the ranks of the diplomatic service and served in various world capitals. In 1916, during World War I, he was appointed interim foreign minister for a few months. He reached the rank of ambassador in 1919, when he began to lead the Brazilian embassy in Rome. In late 1922 he was named ambassador of Brazil to France, a position he held until 1944. Between 1924 and 1926, during some periods, he was also the representative of the Brazilian government to the League of Nations, a body bringing together representatives of various countries in order to ensure world peace based on negotiation and friendly understanding among nations. He married a Jewish woman from San Francisco, Elise Meyer Stern, daughter of Eugene Meyer and widow of Abraham Stern, who had been secretary of Levi Strauss & Co.
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