Justus Rosenberg

Justus Rosenberg

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Gender:
Male
Places:
Poland
Is:
ActorStage actorFrench Resistance fighterProfessorEducator
Work field:
AcademiaActivismFilm, TV, Stage & RadioMilitary
Birth:
23 January 1921(Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Death:
30 October 2021
Star sign:
Aquarius
Residences
Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland; Paris, Seine, Île-de-France, France; Bayonne, canton of Bayonne-Nord, arrondissement of Bayonne, France; Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitania, France; Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Education:
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
Faculty of Arts of Paris
Awards:
Commander of the Legion of Honour
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Introduction

Justus Rosenberg (born January 23, 1921 in Gdańsk, Poland) is a professor emeritus of languages and literature at Bard College. During World War II, Rosenberg was part of a French-American network that helped to bring intellectuals and artists from Vichy France to the United States.

Emergency Rescue Committee

During World War II, Rosenberg joined the Emergency Rescue Committee, a network formed by Varian Fry to extract artists and intellectuals from Vichy France. Rosenberg joined the group in Marseille at the age of seventeen. His first roles with the group were office boy and courier, carrying messages and forged identity papers to those the group was trying to save.

Academic career

Following the war, Rosenberg was able to obtain a visa to emigrate to the United States. He then obtained positions at Swarthmore College, The New School and in particular at Bard College, where he has taught since 1962.