Varian+Fry

=Early Life =

On October 15, 1907 Varian Mackey Fry was born in New York City, New York. The American National Biography Online says “Fry was an only child of Arthur and Mackey Fry”. Once Fry was fourteen he was sent to the prestigious Hotchkiss Prep School in Lakeville, Connecticut, where unwillingly stayed for two years.  As Fry was working as a foreign correspondent for the American journal The Living Age, he visited Berlin and became an anti-Nazi. During World War 1 Fry and his friends made a fundraiser to support the American Red Cross.

=Commitment =

Varian Fry saved many lives in the Holocaust. The Varian Fry Institute says that “Fry contributed in saving over 2,000 lives during the holocaust”. Fry joined the American Rescue Committee and helped save people from the rule of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Fry stated “I will do anything to help”. This shows the commitment Fry had to saving people’s lives. The war impacted Fry in a miraculous way. The war is what inspired Fry to help. Varian Fry was living in America at the time of the Holocaust and as the quote said he would do anything he could to help.

= Varian Saves The World =

In 1940 Fry and a group of friends hid many people at the Villa Air-Bel until they could be taken across Spain into a friendly territory, Portugal, then they would make their way by ship to the United States. He saved more than 2,200 people in this expedition. This takes a ton of courage because if he or anyone else were to be captured he would be killed brutally.

=My Hero =

Varian Fry is a hero to me because he risked his life to save other people’s lives no matter what it takes. He not only is one of my heroes but many others too. Because of what he did, more than 2,000 people were saved and escaped to a life of freedom with no worries about getting executed. My Hero says that “He was only supposed to save certain people but he saved thousands”. This is why Varian Fry is a hero to me, if he wouldn’t have done this thousands of more jews would be dead and who knows who would be in power.



=Bibliography =

"The My Hero Project - Varian Fry." Myhero.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "American National Biography Online: Fry, Varian." American National Biography Online: Fry, Varian. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014. "Varian Fry Institute." Varian Fry Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2014.

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