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Aristides - The Outcast Hero

Written by award-winning playwright and actress Alice de Souza.

"Aristides - The Outcast Hero which celebrates the true story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who disobeyed his government and

issued 30,000 transit visas to refugees seeking to escape the Nazis. Aristides de Sousa Mendes' humanitarian and selfless actions represent the most significant life saving effort undertaken by one individual during WWII.

Posthumously, his altruism has been recognised world wide but in Britain his story remains largely unknown."

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