Historical · 1907–1967

Varian Fry

An American journalist with no training smuggled 2,000+ out of Vichy France — defying his own government.

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.

Curated by

Shelly Frank

President, Creative House Studios

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