The World Entire - A True Story of an Extraordinary World War II Rescue

Everyone knows Oskar Schindler and his famous list, but few have heard of Aristides de Sousa Mendes―a Portuguese diplomat who saved the lives of thousands in World War II. This magnificently illustrated picture book biography tells a moving story that resonates profoundly today. “He who saves a single life, saves the world entire.” --Talmud Here is the true and powerful story of Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who, against his government’s commands, helped refugees flee France to escape the Nazis by granting visas that allowed them entry to Portugal. In one of the greatest individual acts of rescue in World War II, Mendes saved many thousands of people, including the artist Salvador Dalí; H.A. and Margret Rey, the creators of Curious George ; professors of medicine, biology, and physics who would go on to teach in America; and thousands of others whose lives are less known but no less precious. He and his family paid dearly for it, but Aristides never regretted his actions, believing to the very end of his life that every life is worth saving.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Brown, Brown Elizabeth
• Assisted by: Melissa Castrillón (Illustration)
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.09.2025
• EAN: 9781452170985
• ISBN: 978-1-4521-7098-5
• No. of pages: 68
• Dimensions: 304 mm x 241 mm x 11 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Holocaust, People & places (Children's / Teenage), c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Relating to Jewish people and groups