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& the Holocaust: ORLEANS 45 km
PARIS 48 km
A Curious Connection
Just Curious…
Name State/Chapter Email Address
Years in Education
Just Curious…
What is your favorite Curious George
memory?
Introducing…
HANS AUGUSTO REYERSBACH
• Sept. 16, 1898: Born in Hamburg, Germany
• 1925: Moves to Rio de Janiero, Brazil
MARGARETE WALDSTEIN
• May 16, 1906: Born in Hamburg, Germany
• 1935: Moves to Rio de Janiero, Brazil thereycenter.org
http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/rey/id/45/rec/10
Examining Primary Sources
How is the story revealed through primary source documents?
http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/rey/id/771/rec/445
Married August 1935*
Life in Paris • The Reys went to Europe for their
honeymoon, planning to stay two weeks.
• They stayed in France for four years.
• Lived in the “artsy” neighborhood of Montmartre at the Terrras Hotel
• The Reys also spent some time in the
French countryside. (Could they be spies?!)
Evian Conference • July 6—15, 1938 in Evian, France
• Representatives from 32 countries
• Only the Dominican Republic agreed to accept more refugees.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=2532
Early Summer 1940 • Approximately 350,000 Jews in France; less
than half were French citizens
• May 10: German forces invaded France
• May 23: The Reys begin making preparations to leave Paris.
• June 11: H.A. Rey buys spare parts and builds two bicycles.
World’s Largest
Motorized Evacuation
• June 12, 1940: 5 million people on the roads of France
– Cars, taxis, buses, farm carts
– Bicycles
– Walking
What Would You Take?
• A few clothes
• Winter coats
• Food (bread, cheese, meat, water)
• Umbrella
• Han’s pipe
• Manuscripts
June 1940
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Paris to Etampes,
48 km by Bike
Etampes to Acquebouille, 26 km by Bike
Acquebouille to Orleans
32 km by Bike; Board train to
Bayonne
Train to Bayonne
Arrive in Bayonne by Train
Bayonne To Biarritz,
8.4 km by Bike; On to Hendaye, 32 km by Bike
In Hendaye, Sell Bikes;
Board train to Fuentes de Onoro
Train through Spain and Portugal
Arrive in Lisbon
by Train
The Reys’ Journey
Fleeing Paris
http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/news/2009/reyexhibit.html
http://ww2today.com/5th-june-1940-refugees-flee-the-german-advance
http://www.fleeinghitler.org/story/philip-smith-summer-1940-the-fateful-day/
Fleeing Paris
Fleeing Paris
Elizabeth Kaufmann
http://www.ushmm.org
Paris Falls
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=5771
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_ph.php?MediaId=1678
Adolf Hitler and his personal architect, Albert Speer, in Paris shortly after the fall of France.
Paris, France, June 23, 1940.
German troops march into Paris. France, June 1940.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?MediaId=1637
June 1940
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Paris to Etampes,
48 km by Bike
Etampes to Acquebouille, 26 km by Bike
Acquebouille to Orleans
32 km by Bike; Board train to
Bayonne
Train to Bayonne
Arrive in Bayonne by Train
Bayonne To Biarritz,
8.4 km by Bike; On to Hendaye, 32 km by Bike
In Hendaye, Sell Bikes;
Board train to Fuentes de Onoro
Train through Spain and Portugal
Arrive in Lisbon
by Train
The Reys’ Journey
The Reys’ Journey
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The Reys’ Journey
• Biked approximately 106 km or 64 miles in the first three days of evacuation
• During the journey, the Reys slept in a farmhouse, barn, school, restaurant, and on several trains.
• After reaching Lisbon, they sailed to Rio
de Janiero and finally to New York City.
The Reys’ Journey
Curious George to the Rescue
• Late Autumn 1939: Reys suspected of being German spies in Paris
• March 1940: Payment advance from French publisher was used to help finance the escape from Paris
• June 1940: Inspection of papers while on train headed south
Others Were Not
So Fortunate…
• During the Holocaust, 77,000 Jews deported from France died.
• Two-thirds of those were foreign-born (just like the Reys).
Curious George Published
• Contract signed in October 1940 for four books, including Curious George
• Book published in Fall 1941
Curious George Published
• Has sold over 30 million copies
• Translated into 16 languages
The Beloved Curious George
September 2011: rare first edition
Curious George book sold at auction for…
