Robert Jacobvitz, and active member of KSI presented awards to three former State of California Assemblymen and one former U.S. Congressman at ceremonies for their roles in leading passage of legislation posthumously recognizing Portuguese diplomat Dr. Aristides de Sousa Mendes who issued transit visa to an estimated 30,000 persons fleeing Nazi advancement in France. As a consequence of his effort he forfeited his future to eventually die in poverty and anonymity.
Former California Central Valley Congressman Tony Coelho and House Majority Whip and former California Assemblymen Richard Katz, John Klehs and Rusty Areas were presented with mementos of appreciation for their efforts that eventually led to Sousa Mendes being reinstated in the history of his native Portugal as contemporary hero.

