 They rented houses and apartments in the outskirts of Budapest to shelter and protect refugees from deportation and murder.On April 28, 1944, when the Hungarian secret police (counterparts to the Gestapo) raided the Ambassador's home and arrested his guests, the Ambassador physically resisted the police and was also arrested, but he managed to have his guests released on the grounds of ex-territorially of diplomatic legations.In 2010 Sampaio Garrido was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem.