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A member of the SA throws confiscated books into the bonfire during the public burning
of "un-German" books on the Opernplatz in Berlin. Source: USHMM Archives # 01622
A book panel discussion in cooperation with Hilton C. Buley Library: Varian Fry's Surrender on Demand -- Fry's account of his efforts to save 2,000 Jewish artists and intellectuals from the Nazis in Marseille, France, 1940. Varian Fry was from the tri-state area. He was born in Harlem, October 15, 1907, and grew up in Ridgewood, N.J. He attended the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., in 1922 and then attended and graduated from Harvard in May 1931. Fry was named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur shortly before his death and was posthumously honored as "Righteous Among the Nations" at Yad Vashem in recognition of his heroic acts. In his later years he lived in Connecticut and passed away while teaching classical languages at a Connecticut high school. The book panel is moderated by Martin Laskin, Sociology, and the panelists include, Corinne Blackmer, English; Shirley Cavanagh, Library Services; and David Pettigrew, Philosophy.
Varian Fry, Surrender on Demand (Boulder, CO: Johnson Books, 1997). Published in conjunction with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Complimentary copies will be available to students and can be picked up at the library circulation/ reserves desk while they last.
Surrender on Demand is also held in the Buley Library collection, and is available for purchase in the SCSU bookstore.
About Varian Fry
Web Resources
| And Crown thy Good… Story of Varian Fry | http://www.varianfry.org/crown1_en.htm |
| Chambon Foundation | http://www.chambon.org/chambon_foundation_en.htm |
| Varian Fry Achives at Columbia University | http://www.varianfry.org/fry_archives_en.htm |
| Varian Fry Foundation Project/International Rescue Committee | http://www.almondseed.com/vfry/ |
| Varian Fry Institute | http://www.varianfry.org/ |
| Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee: A Resource Guide for Teachers | http://www.holocaust-trc.org/fry.htm |
| Varian Fry, the American Shindler | http://www.varianfry.dk/ |
| Varian Fry: High School Lesson Plan | http://www.holocaust-trc.org/frylphs.htm |
| Yad Vashem: Shoah Research Center | http://www1.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206740.pdf |
| Yad Vashem: The Righteous Among the Nations | http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/vwall.html |
| Yad Vashem: The Righteous Among the Nations, An American in Marseille, Varian Fry | http://www1.yadvashem.org/righteous_new/usa/fry.html |
For more information, contact Shirley Cavanagh
3/23/2009
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