Justus Rosenberg

Justus Rosenberg (born 1921 in Gdańsk, Poland)[1] is a professor emeritus of languages and literature at Bard College.[2] During World War II, Rosenberg was part of a French-American network that helped to bring intellectuals and artists from Vichy France to the United States.[3]

Emergency Rescue Committee

During World War II, Rosenberg joined the Emergency Rescue Committee, a network formed by Varian Fry to extract artists and intellectuals from Vichy France.[4] Rosenberg joined the group in Marseille at the age of seventeen.[5] His first roles with the group were office boy[6] and courier, carrying messages and forged identity papers to those the group was trying to save.[7]

Academic career

Following the war, Rosenberg was able to obtain a visa to emigrate to the United States.[3] He then obtained positions at Swarthmore College, The New School and in particular at Bard College, where he has taught since 1962.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Justus Rosenberg". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bard Faculty". Bard College. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Wildman, Sarah. "The Professor Has a Daring Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Last Survivor: Justus Rosenberg". voiceseducation.org. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Carla Killough McClafferty (22 April 2014). In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry. Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). pp. 49–. ISBN 978-1-4668-6845-8.
  6. ↑ Sheila Isenberg (2005). A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry. iUniverse. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-595-34882-4.
  7. ↑ Lipman, Steven. "The Last Member Of The 'Fry Group' Tells All". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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