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Many surrealists re-congregate in Breton's house in Marseille (jan 1, 1939 – jan 1, 1940)

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Began arriving from 1939. House called Villa Air-Bel. Became a kind of safe house. Varian Fry was sent to help them escape to America. Included Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, André Breton, Marc Chagall, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Wilfredo Lam.

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jan 1, 1939
jan 1, 1940
~ 1 years