mary jane golden and miriam davenport were crucial to the successful of the operation in france. in june 1940,ed leaves in august, 1940 two try to get intellectuals, or writers, artists, many of them were jewish, some who were political opponents of the nazis, out of france. miriam davenport was an art student evaluating the artist to see these unknown names, were they good enough to qualify for one of these limited visas? lois gunderson was also amazing. she was a french teacher in indiana and the midnight. her community us to go overseas -- and the midnight. her community asked her to go overseas and be in charge of the children's on. who havee families lost the civil war, and would she go and head a children's home? before pearl harbor, she goes across the ocean. there were very few ships crossing west. she goes in east. she goes into an area that almost certainly was going to be a war zone. at one point, she tells the s s they cannot come into the home. -- she tells the ss they cannot come into the home. she is in turn for a year along with a american diplomats and quakers. s

miriam davenport was an art student evaluating the artist to see these unknown names, were they good enough to qualify for one of these limited visas? lois gunden was also amazing. she was a french teacher in indiana and a mennonite. her community asked her to go overseas to southern france to be in charge of a children's home. there were children of spanish republicans whose families have lost the civil war and had gone into france, and jewish children whose parents were in internment camps. would she go and head a children's home? in two months before pearl october 1941, harbor, she goes across the ocean. there were very few ships crossing west. she goes in east. she goes into an area that almost certainly was going to be a war zone. ssone point, she tells the that they cannot come into the home. she has been named righteous among the nations. and in the fall of 1942, she's arrested and interned in nazi germany for over a year, along with american diplomats and quakers who were still doing relief work in southern france. she's amazing. she goes back to the united states in 1944 and

mary jane golden and miriam davenport were crucial to the successful of the operation in southern france. there was a journalist who was appointed in june 1940, leaves in august, 1940 to try to get 2000 intellectuals, or writers, artists, many of them were jewish, some who were political opponents of the nazis, out of france. he does so in spectacular fashion over the course of the year and a half, working with these women in france. miriam davenport was an art student evaluating the artist to see the unknown names, were they good enough to qualify for one of these limited visas? lois gunden was also amazing. she was a french teacher in indiana, and a mennonite. her community asked her to go overseas to southern france to be in charge of a children's home. there were children of spanish republicans whose families have lost the civil war and had gone into france, and jewish children whose parents were in internment camps. would she go and head a children's home? in october 1941, two months before pearl harbor, she goes across the ocean. there were very few ships crossing west. she goes in