Rehabilitate the late Jewish war hero Capt. Arthur Barros Basto
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Captain Arthur Barros Basto
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The late Captain Arthur Barros Basto was a Jewish war hero who was wrongly and unjustly drummed out of the Portuguese military nearly seven decades ago.
Captian Bastro was also one of the Bnei Anousim, a descendant of Jews whose ancestors had been forced to convert to Catholicism during the time of the Spanish Inquisition and who are now emerging from centuries of hiding to rejoin the Jewish people.
Captain Bastro was a decorated soldier who commanded a Portuguese infantry company in World War I, fought in the trenches of Flanders, and took part in the allied offensive to liberate Belgium.
In 1937, the Portuguese military summarily expelled him from its ranks, unjustly humiliating him, all because he launched a public campaign to reawaken Portugal's Bnei Anousim and to guide them towards returning to their Jewish roots.
This year marks five decades since Capt. Barros Basto passed away in 1961, a broken man.
We believe it is time to right this historical injustice and remove the stain on this noble man's name, which is also a stain on Portugal itself. We urge you to contact your local Portuguese embassy and sign our petition to send to the leader of the Portuguese parliament. Shavei Israel has been involved in the Barros Basto case for the past decade. We must now garner as much international support as possible to bring closure to this painful chapter
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