The Exiles Memorial Center ( pt, Espaço Memória dos Exílios) is located in

Estoril Estoril () is a town in the Municipality of Cascais, Portugal, on the Portuguese Riviera. It is a tourist destination, with luxury hotels, beaches, and the Casino Estoril. It has been home to numerous royal families and celebrities, and has ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, In recognized minority languages of Portugal: :* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...

and houses a permanent exhibition of photographs, documentation and objects related to the history of refugees who stayed in the

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourist destination. Its mar ...

/Estoril area of Portugal during the period between 1936 and 1955. The Memorial Center, inaugurated in February 1999, is situated above the Estoril post office in a building designed by Portuguese architect

Adelino Nunes Adelino Carlos Morais Nunes (born 6 September 1960) is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Nunes was born in Manteigas, Guarda District. During 18 seasons as a professional, he played mainly for ...

. The building opened in 1942. The main objective of the Memorial Center is to "evoke the memory of one of the most important events in ortugal'shistory: to have represented a place of refuge, waiting and passage of thousands of exiles and refugees in the context of European conflicts" most notably during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. The Memorial Center is open to the public.

List of refugees

List (not exhaustive) of notable people who resided in Cascais by profession, place and duration.

Artists

Jean-Claude van Itallie Jean-Claude van Itallie (May 25, 1936 – September 9, 2021) was a Belgian-born American playwright, performer, and theatre workshop teacher. He is best known for his 1966 anti-Vietnam War play '' America Hurrah;'' ''The Serpent'', an ensemble p ...

(playwright). Pensão Royal, 08.07.1940 – 28.09.1940. *

Franz Werfel Franz Viktor Werfel (; 10 September 1890 – 26 August 1945) was an Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of ''The Forty ...

(author, songwriter). Grande Hotel d'Itália, 18.09.1940 – 04.10.1940. *

Alma Mahler Alma Maria Mahler Gropius Werfel (born Alma Margaretha Maria Schindler; 31 August 1879 – 11 December 1964) was an Austrian composer, author, editor, and socialite. At 15, she was mentored by Max Burckhard. Musically active from her early year ...

(author, songwriter). Grande Hotel d'Itália, 18.09.1940 – 04.10.1940. *

Max Ernst Max Ernst (2 April 1891 – 1 April 1976) was a German (naturalised American in 1948 and French in 1958) painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a primary pioneer of the Dada movement and Surrealism ...

(painter, sculptor). Grande Hotel d'Itália, 12.06.1940 – 24.07.1940. *

Peggy Guggenheim Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim ( ; August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector, bohemian and socialite. Born to the wealthy New York City Guggenheim family, she was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, who went down with ...

(art collector). Grande Hotel d'Itália, 12.06.1940 – 24.07.1940. *

Margret Boveri Margret Antonie Boveri (14 August 1900 – 6 July 1975) was one of the best-known German journalists and writers of the post-World War II period. She was a recipient of the German Critics' Prize and the Bundesverdienstkreuz. Life Margret Bover ...

(author, journalist). Hotel Atlântico, 16.01.1944 – 07.02.1944. * Miloš Crnjanski (Milos Crujanski) (author). Hotel de Inglaterra, 19.05.1941 – 20.08.1941 * Max Ophüls (Max Ophuls) (director). Pensão de Luxo Casa Mar e Sol, 21.07.1941 – 1941.

Chess players

* Alexander Alekhine. Hotel Palácio, 18.01.1940 – 11.02.1940.

Industrial/Aviation/Engineering

Paul-Louis Weiller Paul-Louis Weiller (September 29, 1893, Paris - December 6, 1993, Geneva) was a French industrialist and philanthropist. Biography From a Jewish Alsatian family, Weiller was the son of the industrialist and politician Lazare Weiller (1858–1928 ...

. Grande Hotel Monte Estoril, 15.08.1940 – 23.08.1940; Hotel Atlântico, 23.08.1940 – 25.09.1940.

Models

* Aliki Diplarakou. Grande Hotel Monte Estoril, 15.08.1940 – 23.08.1940; Hotel Atlântico, 23.08.1940 – 01.10.1940.

Philosophers

Isaiah Berlin Sir Isaiah Berlin (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Although he became increasingly averse to writing for publication, his improvised lectures and talk ...

. Hotel Palácio, 19.10.1940 – 24.10.1940.

Politicians

Victor Bodson Victor Nicolas Bodson (24 March 1902 – 29 June 1984) was a Luxembourgish politician and lawyer who held a number of political posts during his career. He is recognised as Righteous Among the Nations awarded by Yad Vashem for his actions during ...

. Pensão Zenith, 30-08-1940 – 2.10.1940. * Joseph Bech. Chalet Posser de Andrade, 2.10.1940 – 25.09.1940. * Pierre Dupong. Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 25.09.1940. *

Jacques Stern Jacques Stern (born 21 August 1949) is a cryptographer, currently a professor at the École Normale Supérieure. He received the 2006 CNRS Gold medal. His notable work includes the cryptanalysis of numerous encryption and signature schemes, t ...

. Hotel do Parque, 21.08.1940 – 01.09.1940.

Royalty

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Charlotte (Charlotte Adelgonde Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine; 23 January 1896 – 9 July 1985) reigned as List of monarchs of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 14 January 1919 until her abdication on 12 November 1964. She acceded to th ...

(Grã-Duquesa Carlota do Luxemburgo).

Casa Santa Maria The Casa Santa Maria (in full, Casa Santa Maria dell'Umiltà) is a residence in Rome, Italy that serves English-speaking priests who are sent by their dioceses for graduate level studies in the city. It is a part of the Pontifical North American ...

and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 03.10.1940. * Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (Príncipe Félix de Bourbon-Parma). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. *

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg Jean (Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano; 5 January 1921 – 23 April 2019) was the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000. He was the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg of French agnat ...

(Príncipe herdeiro Jean do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940 * Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (Grã-Duquesa Marie-Anne do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. *

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (Elisabeth Hilda Zita Marie Anna Antonia Friederike Wilhelmine Luise; 22 December 1922 – 22 November 2011) was a Luxembourgian princess. She was a daughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte and her husband, ...

(Princesa Elisabeth do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. *

Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg Princess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg (Marie-Adélaïde Louise Thérèse Wilhelmine; 21 May 1924 – 28 February 2007) was a Luxembourgish princess, the third child and the second daughter of Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896–1985) and Prince ...

(Princesa Marie Adelaide do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. * Princess Marie Gabriele of Luxembourg (Princesa Marie Gabrielle do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. * Prince Charles of Luxembourg (Príncipe Charles do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. * Alix, Princess of Ligne (Princesa Alix do Luxemburgo). Casa Santa Maria and Chalet Posser de Andrade, 25.06.1940 – 10.07.1940. * Duke and Duchess of Windsor. Home of

Ricardo Espírito Santo Ricardo Espírito Santo (1900–1955) was a Portuguese banker, economist, patron of the arts, and international athlete. A good friend of the Portuguese dictator, António de Oliveira Salazar, he turned the Banco Espírito Santo (BES) into one o ...

, Cascais, 03.07.1940 – 31.07.1940. * Umberto II (Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria di Savoia), last King of Italy, who lived in Cascais for 37 years.

References

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