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Varian Fry

Netflix miniseries creator 'Transatlantic' creator Anna Winger (Courtesy)
April 17, 2023, 10:01 am
Not ‘Holocaust distortion’ but creativity, says creator of Netflix’s ‘Transatlantic’
Anna Winger’s series is based on Varian Fry’s real-life rescue of thousands of European artists and intellectuals; critics warn of historical inaccuracies caused by dramatization
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Justus Rosenberg before receiving the award of the French Legion of Honor medal from French ambassador to the United States Gerard Araud at the French Consulate on March 30, 2017, in New York. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
November 22, 2021, 11:41 pm
Last surviving WWII hero who smuggled Jewish academics to safety from Nazis dies
Justus Rosenberg, a professor whose long career teaching literature was preceded by a remarkable tenure in the French resistance during the Holocaust, died aged 100 last month
By Shira Hanau
Dara Horn (Michael B. Priest)
September 17, 2021, 12:08 pm
‘People Love Dead Jews,’ says Dara Horn, but the living ones don’t fare as well
The acclaimed novelist pivots to non-fiction, explaining the myriad ways Jews have been — and still are — forced to erase their particularistic identity when living among non-Jews
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Varian Fry (Courtesy US Holocaust Memorial Museum)
September 9, 2017, 6:41 am
Symposium to honor journalist who saved Chagall, other artists from Nazis
In 1940, Varian Fry helped some 2,000 people slip out of France, including Marc Chagall and Max Ernst
By AP
Professor Justus Rosenberg receiving the French Legion of Honor from the French ambassador to the United States, Gerard Araud on Thursday, March 30, 2017. (Emily Stern)
April 3, 2017, 1:19 pm
Still teaching at 96, a WWII hero professor receives the French Legion of Honor
Justus Rosenberg worked for the American Rescue Committee, the French resistance, the US Army, and the UN, to clandestinely save thousands from the Nazis
By Cathryn J. Prince
Barbara Sukowa as Friderike Zweig and Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig in 'Stefan Zweig' (Dor Film)
November 14, 2016, 1:54 pm
Austria’s Oscar contender explores exile’s tragic effects on Jewish writer Stefan Zweig
Innovative historical feature film takes on new meaning for audiences watching through lens of contemporary political events
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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