In 1940, after the Nazis occupied France, she fled with the writer Walter Mehring through Marseilles, the Pyrenees and Lisbon and, with the aid of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee, came to the United States.
She fled with the writer Walter Mehring through Marseilles. This was in 1940. She fled with the writer Walter Mehring through the Pyrenees. This was in 1940. She fled with the writer Walter Mehring through Lisbon. This was in 1940. She came to the United States. This was in 1940. The Nazis occupied France.