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Author McClafferty, Carla Killough, 1958-

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

Publication Info. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 940.53 MCC    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Children  J940.5315 MCC    DUE 03-16-24 Billed
Edition First edition.
Description 196 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [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.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 7.7 8.0 125849.
Subject Fry, Varian, 1907-1967.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- France.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- France.
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust -- United States -- Biography.
War correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
Added Title Secret mission of Varian Fry
ISBN 9780374382049
0374382042
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