fry, varian

In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille intending to help imperiled artists leave the country, but he found himself staying for a year arranging escapes for refugees.

In this biography of journalist Varian Fry, we have the first complete account of the most remarkable private American rescue effort of WWII.

Depicts Varian Fry, an American journalist, sent to Vichy, France during World WarII to rescue refugees from the Gestapo.Fry saved 2,000 people.

A brief biography of American Varian Fry who, during World War II in France, helped over two thousand Jewish refugees escape from the Nazis.

At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of more than 2,000 refugees, including novelist Heinrich Mann and artist Marc Chagall. He remained in France for over a year until he was forcibly evicted.

Tells the story of American, Varian Fry, who went to France in 1940 in the guise of a refugee worker for the Y.M.C.A. but whose real mission was to get the Jewish artists, writers, musicians, scientists, professors, and politicians who had sought asylum in France out of the country before the Nazi round-up.