Los dos cónsules

Journalist Diego Carcedo delves into the heroic adventures of two diplomats, the Spanish Eduardo Propper de Callejón and the Portuguese Aristides de Sousa Mendes, both consuls in Bordeaux during World War II. This book is a real crossroads where the rhythm of an interesting novel, the best historical disclosure and a necessary journalistic investigation come together. From the hand of an anonymous Spanish journalist, whom his Madrid newspaper sends as a correspondent to Bordeaux in the early summer of 1940, the reader is immersed in a city taken over by thousands of people fleeing chaotically from the Nazi advance. In this mob, the Jews found two unexpected allies in the consuls of Spain and Portugal who, putting their principles before the dictates of their respective governments, Franco's in Madrid and Salazar's in Lisbon, tirelessly dedicated themselves to facilitating the escape of thousands of Jews. At that time, their actions brought them harsh personal consequences. Posterity, however, honors his memory.