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Author:

McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-

Title:

In defiance of Hitler : the secret mission of Varian Fry / Carla Killough McClafferty.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

196 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Fry, Varian,--1907-1967.
World War, 1939-1945--France.--Rescue--France.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust--United States--Biography.
War correspondents--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-188) and index.

Contents:

Witness -- Preparation -- Papers -- Choices -- Plans -- Escape -- Spy -- Undercover -- Enemies -- Betrayed -- Expelled -- Aftermath -- Remembered.

Summary:

At a time when most Americans ignored the atrocities going on in Europe in 1940, American journalist Varian Fry put himself in great danger to save strangers in a foreign land. He was instrumental in the rescue of more than 2,000 refugees, including novelist Heinrich Mann and artist Marc Chagall.

ISBN:

0374382042
9780374382049

LCCN:

2007033271

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

54SX745 -- Emmetsburg High School (Emmetsburg)

YYPC162 -- Mechanicsville Public Library (Mechanicsville)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

RSSX851 -- Roland-Story High School Media Center (Story City)

90PB522 -- Springmier Community Library (Tiffin)