Justus Rosenberg

Justus Rosenberg (born January 23, 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] He turned 100 on 23 January 2021.[4]


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.[5] Rosenberg joined the group in Marseille at the age of seventeen.[6] His first roles with the group were office boy[7] and courier, carrying messages and forged identity papers to those the group was trying to save.[8]

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. Wildman, Sarah. "The Professor Has a Daring Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. "Freiheitskämpfer Justus Rosenberg wird 100" (in German). www.wn.de. 2021-01-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  5. "The Last Survivor: Justus Rosenberg". voiceseducation.org. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  6. 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.
  7. Sheila Isenberg (2005). A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry. iUniverse. pp. 69–. ISBN 978-0-595-34882-4.
  8. Lipman, Steven. "The Last Member Of The 'Fry Group' Tells All". The Jewish Week. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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