Varian Fry

Date of Birth
15/10/1907

Date of Death
13/09/1967

​City
New York City, New York

Country
United States

​Varian Mackey Fry was an American journalist. He helped refugees escape from France between 1940 and 1941. According to Fry’s estimate, his office dealt with some 15,000 cases by May 1941. Of these, assistance was provided to approximately 4,000 people; 1,000 out of them were smuggled from France in various ways. When asked as to his motives, Fry responded that when he had visited Berlin in 1935, he saw SA men assaulting a Jew, and he felt he could no longer remain indifferent.

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