Artur Carlos de Barros Basto

Who was Artur Carlos de Barros Basto?

Artur Carlos de Barros Basto was born December 18, 1887 in Amarante and died in Porto, on March 8, 1961. He made a career in the military, but also as a writer, who published several works related to Judaism. He was an important Jewish leader and one of the people who established the Jewish Community in Porto and assisted the construction of the Kadoorie Synagogue, the biggest Synagogue in Iberian Peninsula. Furthermore he helped the return of Crypto-Jews to the Jewish people and during World War II helped Jewish refugees escape the Holocaust.