Varian Fry | |
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Born | Varian Mackey Fry October 15, 1907 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Died | September 13, 1967 Redding, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 59)
Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York[1] 40°39′23.35″N 73°59′41.67″W / 40.6564861°N 73.9949083°W |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Occupation | Journalist |
Known for | Emergency Rescue Committee |
Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907 – September 13, 1967) was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped 2,000 to 4,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.[2] He was the first of five Americans to be recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", an honorific given by the State of Israel to non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust.