During World War II , the Portuguese Consulate in Budapest was located in the Hotel Dunapalota-Ritz , which was on the site of today 's InterContinental Budapest . In 1944 , the diplomats Carlos de Sampayo Garrido ( Ambassador ) and Alberto Teixeira Branquinho ( Chargé d'affaires ) granted entry visas to Portugal to those refugees persecuted and threatened with imprisonment and death by Nazi Germany and its Hungarian allies . They acted under instructions and with the full backing of the conservative and authoritarian Portuguese regime and their actions made it possible for approximately 1000 Jewish refugees to escape The Holocaust and find in Portugal a gateway to safety and freedom
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InterContinental Budapest