VARIAN FRY
The forgotten hero who displayed extraordinary courage . . .
SUSAN M. LAPHAM
HISTORY OF THE HOLOCAUST
SPRING SEMESTER 2006
MARCH 23, 2006
Germany invaded Poland in 1939. When that occurred, France and England declared war on Germany. The fighting reached the borders of France in May 1940 when the German’s attacked France out of the blue. Within weeks, the Germans had occupied Paris and the government surrendered. France was divided into two zones. The Germans took over the northern portion and the entire Atlantic coast. The French government kept control of the southern portion and Vichy.
Thousands of people fled southward. People thought that because France had always been considered liberal it would still be that way. They were sadly mistaken for the French and Germans had signed something called an armistice. Within that armistice, there was a pact called Article 19. This article stated that the......
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