Andy Marino is the author of "Herschel: The Boy Who Started World War II." He currently lives in North London.
FYI: In 1996, Fry was the first American to be named "Righteous Among the Nations" by Israel, the same designation given to Oskar Schindler. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
We have all heard of Oskar Schindler and his famous list. Now we have the remarkable story of an American journalist named Varian Fry who, through a sophisticated and astonishing network of subterfuge in southern France, managed to spirit some of this century's most famous artists and authors out of Nazi-occupied Europe in 1940 and 1941. By the time he left France, just ahead of the Nazis, Fry had aided nearly 1500 refugees in their flight to America, including such luminaries as Hannah Arendt, Heinrich Mann, Marc Chagall, Enrico Fermi, and Max Ernst. Marino (Herschel: The Boy Who Started World War II) tells a gripping story of wartime Europe and daily life for those under the Nazi microscope. Fry's personal life is itself amazing; when coupled with his exploits in Marseille, it becomes a riveting story. For general collections.ÄEdward Goedeken, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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