Until 4 January 2026 at the Caen Memorial

Based on an original exhibition at the Shoah Memorial, this exhibition traces the extraordinary courage of Varian Fry, who was commissioned by the Emergency Rescue Committee. The American journalist managed to obtain numerous visas for European artists and writers threatened with deportation. Among them were Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Alma Mahler and André Breton. The exhibition’s organisers aim to shed light on this little-known episode of the war and to remind us of the importance of resistance in the face of barbarism in every era, especially our own.

Exposition – Varian Fry – les chemins de l’exil – Mémorial de Caen