The Flight Portfolio

Varian Fry, a young journalist, arrives in Marseille in 1940. He is armed only with three thousand dollars and a list of writers, thinkers and artists he hopes to rescue - so long as the Nazis don't get to them first. With borders closing around him, Varian tries to track down those on his list; renowned artists like Marc Chagall, who cannot believe that he will ever be unsafe in France. He smuggles them over the Pyrenees mountains and across the sea, but every day hundreds of ordinary Jewish refugees beg him for help. Does Varian have the right to choose who to save? Making a list seemed hard enough, but now, in the middle of humanity's darkest hour, Varian must do all he can to help. And as the Nazis begin to get word of his secret operation, he must dig deep and find the courage to rescue as many innocents as he can. Even though his own life may be in terrible danger.