Danger visa

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German emigrants in Marseille was a 1940-41 Rescue visa , even Danger visa called to enter the United States received when they as politically persecuted intellectuals were. This possibility was created after a meeting of representatives of the Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) with Eleanor Roosevelt . The visas were valid for 24 months from the date of issue and were mostly arranged by Varian Fry .

literature

  • Anthony Heilbutt: Culture without a home. German emigrants in the USA after 1930 . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1991. ISBN 3-499-18891-0 .