Mises em Lisboa

When Hitler invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, I really became frightened. I had to talk to Lu [Ludwig von Mises]. He did not want to leave. He never had been so happy as he was in Geneva, and he did not feel any fear. I reminded him of the night the Nazis came to Vienna. I told him the Nazis would never take him off their blacklist. I begged him, I implored him to leave, to think of me, if he would not think of himself.

It took the breakdown of the Maginot Line, the occupation of Paris on June 14, and the raising of the German swastika on the highest point of the Eiffel Tower to make Lu aware of the danger. Finally, he gave in and promised to make the necessary preparations for us to leave for the United States.

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When we arrived in Lisbon, we took a deep breath. Our first days there were fully occupied with visits to the police (every foreigner had to register), to the various transportation offices, and to the American consulate. We were staying at a small but beautifully located hotel on the coast. Many of our new friends from the bus were also there, and we frequently met the other passengers in town. We still were like a big family.

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I was lucky enough one morning to get hold of the manager [of the American Export Line] — a Mr. Heart — who was very, very friendly and promised to do for us whatever he could. "But," he said, "you will have to call the office every morning and tell us exactly where you are during the day and what you will be doing." That was not easy for Lu was seeing many people, among them Professor M. Bensabat Amnzalek, the Portuguese minister of finance. Lu had various meetings with him, and Amnzalek also arranged a meeting for Lu with President Salazar and a seminar, which Lu held at the statistical office. He was busy all the time and I had to report all this to the American Export Line. When we went out sightseeing, Lu did what he always did in a new city: he took a tramway or a bus and crisscrossed the town with me. "The only way" he said, "to really get to know a place."

(Margit von Mises, "Our Escape from Europe")

Infelizmente, Salazar escolheu outro caminho!!!