“I can now sleep in peace because...
“I can now sleep in peace because what I started 45 years ago has finally been successful.”
--Sebastian Mendes of Saugus, after learning that the Portuguese National Assembly has unanimously granted formal vindication to his father, a World War II-era consul to Bordeaux who was condemned by the Portuguese government after he defied orders and allowed thousands of Jews to flee from Nazi persecution.
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