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In defiance of Hitler : the secret mission of Varian Fry  Cover Image Book Book

In defiance of Hitler : the secret mission of Varian Fry / Carla Killough McClafferty.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374382049
  • ISBN: 0374382042
  • Physical Description: 196 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Witness -- Preparation -- Papers -- Choices -- Plans -- Escape -- Spy -- Undercover -- Enemies -- Betrayed -- Expelled -- Aftermath -- Remembered.
Subject: 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.

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Homer Public Library YAB FRY (Text) 000081402 Teen Corner -- Biography Available -

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