Warning! SPOILERS about Transatlantic season 1 ahead. Netflix’s Transatlantic is based on the true story of the Emergency Rescue Committee in 1941’s Marseille, but some central elements in the historical drama highly differ from what really happened in history. Set in Vichy France, during the critical months between 1940 and 1941 when the French government began cracking down on Jewish refugees and others persecuted by Nazis fleeing from all over Europe, Transatlantic follows a group of American and local humanitarians trying to secure passage out of France for intellectuals and artists. Transatlantic especially focuses on journalist Varian Fry, heiress Mary...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
