![]() With a group of like-minded New Yorkers he formed the Emergency Rescue Committee, whose mission was to help threatened artists and writers emigrate to the States in 1940 he flew to Marseille as the Committee’s on-the-ground leader.Īmid the chaos of wartime France, and in defiance of the United States’ restrictive immigration policies, he procured false passports, secured visas, sought out escape routes through the Pyrenees and by sea, and every day made impossible decisions about who should be saved-all while under profound pressure, and in a state of irrevocable personal change. Varian Fry, a Harvard-educated journalist and editor, recognized the darkness descending over Europe and decided to take action. The Flight Portfolio tells the story of one young American’s quest to save the lives of artists and writers fleeing the Nazis after the invasion of France. ![]() From award-winning author Julie Orringer: a gripping, emotionally powerful narrative that, like her first novel, The Invisible Bridge, brilliantly juxtaposes the sweep of history with the fate of the individual. ![]()
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