![]() ![]() The Flight Portfolio – Who should you save? Is it wrong to save one person & not another?īecause of limited resources, the Emergency Rescue Commission decided to concentrate their efforts into saving artists and intellectuals only. Life in Southern France was very dangerous, in particularly for Jews. However the Vichy government fully cooperated with the Nazis. Southern France was not yet officially under Nazi regime during this period. He and his dedicated group are based in Marseilles which under the control of the Vichy government. Varian Fry is the man in charge of this mission. Their plan is to find ways of helping them escape the continent and go to the United States. Their mission is to save European Jewish artists & intellectuals from the Nazis. When the Nazis take over France in 1940, Varian Fry together with a small and devoted team create an Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC). A Mission for Saving Jewish Artists & Intellectuals from the Nazis ![]() He feels strongly that he must do something to help these people. During his time there, he witnesses Nazi abuse against innocent Jewish people. While working as a foreign correspondent for an American paper, Fry visits Berlin in 1935. Fry is a young American journalist who comes from a privileged American background. “The Flight Portfolio” is about a real life, hardly-known hero called Varian Fry. Historical Fiction WW2 Book – Saving Marc Chagall & Others from the Nazis ![]()
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