Christina with Arts4Refugees talks with Laura about an arty refugee in this episode - a student journalist with us. This placement was organised by Oxford University Career Services. Laura is post-grad criminology and criminal justice major at Green Templeton College, Oxford University. Laura chose to research a duo, Hans and Margret Ray.
Hans and Margret are authors of the Curious George series. They were German Jews and had to flee persecution. They both fled to Brazil which is where they met. They went on a honeymoon in Paris, where they decided to move after falling in love with the city. They had to leave again when the Nazi army invaded Paris. During their entire time escaping they had the Curious George manuscript with them and sold it to a publisher once they got to New York.
You can listen to the full conversation here.
Key Points
Laura is a post-grad at Oxford University
Hans and Margret Ray are from Germany and had to flee from the Nazi regime to Brazil
During their honeymoon in Paris the Nazi’s army invaded Paris, so they had to flee again. They built a bicycle and rode it for four days from Paris to Portugal to escape.
They were inspected by a German soldier on a train, but they had Brazilian passports so they were able to escape
They eventually ended up in New York
If you would like to learn more about Hans & Margret - there is a short story by Laura here.
