Berman Museum of World History
Anniston, AL
256-237-6261
http://www.bermanmuseum.org
Varian Fry -- Assignment Rescue, 1940-1941
The Berman Museum will host the exhibition
Varian Fry -- Assignment Rescue, 1940-1941, from November 8 -- December
13, 1999. The exhibition uses period photographs and diary excerpts to chronicle
the story of Varian Fry, an American whose courageous efforts during World
War II saved individuals at risk under the "Surrender on Demand"
clause of the France-German Armistice.
Varian Fry, an urbane Harvard graduate, worked
in New York as an editor for the Foreign Policy Association when he was
chosen by the Emergency Rescue Committee to help political and intellectual
refugees escape Nazi-occupied France. In Marseilles, Fry found himself unable
to gain cooperation from the American Consulate, and so established a clandestine
operation by which some 2,000 people were spirited away to safety -- Max
Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Arendt, and Andre Breton among them, Those
rescued by Fry went on to expand a rich intellectual culture in the United
States and elsewhere. (left: front cover of Varian Fry -- Assignment
Rescue, 1940-1941 exhibition brochure, Courtesy of United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Wahington, D.C.)
In 1996, Yad VaShem, The Holocaust Heroes and Martyrs Remembrance
Authority in Jerusalem posthumously honored Varian Fry as the first American
"Righteous Among the Nations." Varian Fry -- Assignment Rescue,
1940-1941 is organized and circulated by the United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum.
The Berman Museum features works of art and historical
objects that span over 3,000 years and that have been collected from around
the world. The Berman Museum is located in Lagarde Park, minutes from major
interstates and highways. The Museum is open during the following days and
times: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m.; closed Mondays, September through May and most major holidays. Admission
for adults is $3.50; children (ages 4 - 17) $2.50; children ages 3 and under
are free. Discounts apply for senior citizens, AAA members, and active military.
Discounts are also available for scheduled groups of 10 or more. (information
as of 11/99)
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Varian Fry, an urbane Harvard graduate, worked
in New York as an editor for the Foreign Policy Association when he was
chosen by the Emergency Rescue Committee to help political and intellectual
refugees escape Nazi-occupied France. In Marseilles, Fry found himself unable
to gain cooperation from the American Consulate, and so established a clandestine
operation by which some 2,000 people were spirited away to safety -- Max
Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Hannah Arendt, and Andre Breton among them, Those
rescued by Fry went on to expand a rich intellectual culture in the United
States and elsewhere. (left: front cover of Varian Fry -- Assignment
Rescue, 1940-1941 exhibition brochure, Courtesy of United States Holocaust
Memorial Museum, Wahington, D.C.)