Varian Fry was 33 in 1940 when he snuck $3,000 into Nazi occupied France and facilitated the escape of 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees. Among those saved by the U.S. journalist were Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, and Hannah Arendt. Fry was the first of five Americans recognized as “Righteous Among the Nations,” an honorific given by the State of Israel to non-Jews who saved many refugees during World War II. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at Woodruff Home for the Aged, “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
“Righteous” Varian Fry helped 2,000 refugees escape the Nazis
Woodruff Home for the Aged, a lively place where old people go to die
