Among the names Yad Vashem honours as Righteous Among the Nations is Varian Fry.
The record lists Varian Fry as American journalist (1907-1967).
Varian Fry was born at New York City in 1907. His recorded nationality is United States. He was educated at Harvard University and Hotchkiss School.
By occupation Varian Fry was journalist, writer and opinion journalist - which is the point worth holding onto: the rescuers were not a special class of person.
Yad Vashem's criteria are strict: the rescuer must have risked their life, liberty or position, and must have sought no payment. That is why the title carries the weight it does.
Recognition: Knight of the Legion of Honour, Resistance Medal and Righteous Among the Nations (1994).
Varian Fry died in 1967, aged 60. The people saved, and their descendants, are the part of the record that continues.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Resistance Medal
- Righteous Among the Nations — 1994
- Worked as journalist, writer and opinion journalist
- Educated at Harvard University and Hotchkiss School
