Guided Walk - Refugees In Monte Estoril 1939-1945

Refugees In Monte Estoril 1939-1945 – A Guided Walk

 to follow the plight of the refugees and the sites of the hotels where they stayed

Date and time: Saturday, 20^th of November, at 10.30.

Programme: An expert guide will lead us on a short historical journey to retrace the lives of the thousands of refugees who passed through Estoril and Cascais in transit after fleeing the Nazis in WWII. Most were anonymous families, whose memories of their stay in hotels and guest houses in Monte Estoril have only been recently collected. Others were well-known, such as the heiress Peggy Guggenheim, the painter Max Ernst, and the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Many owed their lives to Aristides Sousa Mendes, the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux. We will learn about their origins, what their day-to-day life was like, and how it was to be a refugee in neutral Portugal. We will also be shown the hotel where Leslie Howard stayed in between touring Portugal to give propaganda lectures – before he was killed on a KLM-BOAC flight on 1 June, 1943. Malcolm Muggeridge also stayed nearby.

• The tour will last approximately two hours, with not much walking.  Monte Estoril has a variety of lunch venues.
• This activity will be entirely outdoors. The Cais de Sodré (Lisbon) to Cascais railway has a stop at Monte Estoril.
• Applications will be treated on a first-come-first-served basis, as there is a limit of fifteen participants.

Meeting point: the Jardim dos Passarinhos in Monte Estoril, by the small fountain in the middle of the park.

Parking: parking around the Jardim dos Passarinhos park has meters. Free parking is available further up the hill.

Price: €7.00 – payable on the day (€9 for non-Members).

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CONFIRMATION

Please confirm your participation by email to library@bhsportugal.org by Monday 15^th November with the following details:

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