Varian Fry ran a clandestine rescue network in Marseille that saved artists and intellectuals including Chagall, Arendt, and Ernst — the first American named Righteous Among the Nations.
Historical · 1907–1967
Varian Fry
An American journalist with no training smuggled 2,000+ out of Vichy France — defying his own government.
More voices through the Origin door
People who built what was needed.
Origin · 1909–2015Nicholas Winton
He rescued 669 children — and said almost nothing about it for fifty years.
Origin · 1910–2008Irena Sendler
She smuggled ~2,500 children out of the Warsaw Ghetto — and buried their names in jars.
Origin · 1921–1943Sophie Scholl
She was 21 when she was executed for handing out leaflets.
Held to the Light
A quiet note when a new voice is lifted up. You’re in good company.