# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 12:30 pm – Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: Join us for the story of wartime Marseille and how Varian Fry achieved the impossible: saving more than two thousand artists.About this EventAugust 1940. In New York, the Emergency Rescue Committee forms to save European artists blacklisted by Hitler. But who will go to southern France to find the artists and do the rescuing? Enter Varian Fry, a New York journalist with deep knowledge of the European political situation but zero experience saving high profile would-be emigrés. How did Fry end up in this vital and delicate position? How did he find the artists on his list? Where did the artists hide while they awaited visas, and how did Fry help them negotiate the tangled red tape of wartime immigration? How did Fry's time in Marseille affect the rest of his life? In this presentation, novelist and professor Julie Orringer will take you on a virtual journey to wartime Marseille and show you how one daring American achieved the impossible: the saving of more than two thousand artists, including Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, André Breton, Hannah Arendt, and many others.The event is part of the 2025-26 Harriet & Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium, "Resistance, Resilience and Reinvention: Artists and Academics Escaping Nazism." It is co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights at Rutgers University; the Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution at Christopher Newport University; the Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center in White Plains; the Ray Wolpow Institute for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Crimes Against Humanity at Western Washington University; the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan University; the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University; the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy at University of Nebraska at Omaha; the Holocaust Education & Resource Center at Kean University; and the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern Arizona University.**To attend in person: In person programs take place at the KHC unless noted otherwise. Events are free and open to all, but registration ahead of time is required and visitors must show ID upon entering the campus at Queensborough Community College (QCC). On site parking is available and for directions to QCC’s campus, please visit https://www.qcc.cuny.edu/about/index.html#gettingHere. For elevator access, enter the QCC Administration building and follow signs for the Kupferberg Holocaust Center. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/queens/the-audacious-american-journalist-who-saved-europes-artists-from-the-nazis/100001770720957049 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Queens - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College - **lat**: 40.7554618 - **long**: -73.75643049999996 - **full address**: Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Queens, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/bad58b622b79202d87288d9e5ddc7e1b8f53f47bde6e23011bb709756e4d3392-rimg-w960-h360-dc171813-gmir.jpg?v=1762597444 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis being held? - **A:** The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis takes place on Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 12:30 pm to Tue, 28 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm at Kupferberg Holocaust Center @ Queensborough Community College, 222-05 56th Avenue, Queens, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis? - **A:** The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis is organized by The Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** The Audacious American Journalist Who Saved Europe's Artists from the Nazis is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Queens, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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