- In1940,VarianFrytraveledtoMarseillecarryingthreethousanddollarsandalistofimperiledartistsandwritershehopedtohelpescapewithinafewweeks.Instead,hestayedmorethanayear,workingtoprocurefalsedocuments,amassemergencyfunds,andarrangejourneysacrossSpainandPortugal,wheretherefugeeswouldembarkforsaferports.HismanyclientsincludedH…
- In 1940, Varian Fry traveled to Marseille carrying three thousand dollars and a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to help escape within a few weeks. Instead, he stayed more than a year, working to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and arrange journeys across Spain and Portugal, where the refu…
