A chronicle of the rescue of oppressed intellectuals and artists from Europe before the outbreak of World War II. It studies the cultural and intellectual impact of this emigre population on American life.
Hans Bethe
Bruno Bettelheim
Arthur Cunningham
Felicia Deyrup
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Enrico Fermi
Mary Jayne Gold
Hanna Holborn Gray
Dolly Haas
Fritz Lang
Erich Leinsdorf
Lotte Lenya
Golo Mann
Herbert Marcuse
Hans Sahl
Nuria Schoenberg
Rod Serling
Leó Szilárd
Edward Teller
Sabine Thomson
Billy Wilder
Helen Wolff