Samuel and Joel Sequerra were two Jewish twins, born in Faro in 1913, they saved nearly 1000 refugees from the Nazi Holocaust. They are two "anonymous heroes" who will be honored this Sunday, November 25, at 14 pm, at the Jewish Cemetery of Faro.
The Israeli Community of Lisbon, upon learning of this story, decided to honor them with the inscription of their physiognomic features in bas-relief on a limestone stone, 1,40 meters high, in front of the Jewish Cemetery of Faro. The plaque will be unveiled this Sunday.
The moment will be attended by Rogério Bacalhau, president of the Chamber of Faro, and Gabriel Steinhardt, president of the Israeli Community of Lisbon.
The Sequerra brothers were sons of Moisés Sequerra, a canning industry. It was in the 40s that, with the support of the Portuguese Red Cross and the American Jewish Joint Committee, they saved around 1000 refugees from the Holocaust.
In life, they did not allow these feats to be extolled, ending up emigrating. One died in Brazil, another in Israel.
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