In defiance of Hitler
Subtitle: the secret mission of Varian Fry
By: Carla Killough McClafferty.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780374382049
Subjects: Fry, Varian, -- 1907-1967; World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- France; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- United States -- Biography; War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.