Download or read book The Flight Portfolio written by Julie Orringer and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1940 Varian Fry traveled to Marseille carrying a list of imperiled artists and writers he hoped to rescue within a few weeks. Instead, he ended up staying in France working under the veil of a legitimate relief organization to procure false documents, amass emergency funds, and set up an underground railroad