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In Defiance of Hitler

Written by: Carla Killough McClafferty
Narrated by: Paul Hecht
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On August 4, 1940, an unassuming American journalist named Varian Fry made his way to Marseilles, France, carrying in his pockets the names of approximately 200 artists and intellectuals - all enemies of the new Nazi regime. As a volunteer for the Emergency Rescue Committee, Fry’s mission was to help these refugees flee to safety, then return home two weeks later.

As more and more people came to him for assistance, however, he realized the situation was far worse than anyone in America had suspected - and his role far greater than he had imagined. He remained in France for over a year, refusing to leave until he was forcibly evicted. At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities in Europe, Varian Fry engaged in covert operations, putting himself in great danger, to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of over 2,000 refugees, including the novelist Heinrich Mann and the artist Marc Chagall.
©2008 Carla Killough McClafferty (P)2009 Recorded Books
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I was initially drawn to this book because it shed light on the efforts to provide artists an intellectuals with safe passage out of France during WWII, but the reality goes far beyond that. This is the story of one man, sent to Marseille for 1 month, stayed much longer. He built a dedicated ten responsible for saving countless lives, many of them less gifted and without resources. I learned a lot about how hard it was to arrange visas to move between countries, even those neutral in the conflict. Well written and narrated.

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