Aracy de Carvalho

Aracy de Carvalho Guimarães Rosa (née Aracy Moebius de Carvalho) (5 December 1908 – 28 February 2011) was a Brazilian diplomatic clerk who has been recognized with the title of Righteous Among the Nations.

Early life Born to a German mother in Rio Negro, Paraná, Aracy de Carvalho was able to speak German, English, French and her native Portuguese. She moved to São Paulo. She lived there with her German first husband Johannes Edward Ludwig Tess and their child until 1935, when they separated.

Humanitarian work

In 1936, she was appointed to the Brazilian Consulate in Hamburg, Germany, where she was made the Chief of the Passport Section. She started to help Jewish people during Kristallnacht, on 9 November 1938.

Death In her late days Aracy de Carvalho suffered from Alzheimer's disease. She died peacefully at the age of 102, in her home in São Paulo, on 28 February 2011, due to natural causes.