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Abraham Rattner diary, 1939 September 1 - October 28
Creator: Abraham Rattner
SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
Born in Poughkeepsie, New York, Abraham Rattner studied at the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. After traveling abroad in 1919 on a year-long scholarship he established a studio in Paris, where he remained until September 1939 and the beginning of World War II. Rattner wrote about fleeing Paris. On September 1, Germany invaded Poland, and on September 3, France, along with Great Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, declared war on Germany. |