In 1940, less than build a home-based business year into what would develop into the deadliest war ever waged, a lifelong Portuguese diplomat named Aristides de Sousa Mendes, assigned to a consulate in Bordeaux, France, was faced with a rending choice: Defy orders, thereby risking his position, his very livelihood and the security of his wife and 12 children, or carry out his duties and leave the destiny of tens of hundreds of refugees to advancing Nazi forces. Sousa Mendes' story, seventy nine years later, remains largely unknown. But because of his selection - which almost definitely saved the lives of many of these refugees and their households, including 1000's of Jews - his is a story that straight touches many thousands extra at this time. He is a man who risked every thing and lost all the pieces and displayed unbelievable moral courage. That is actually the key phrase. Moral courage