Soon Franz werfel a jewish writer and Alma werfel , a musician came to his house for help, they needed to escape, from the gestapo.
We need your help
with what?
Escaping the gestapo.
Soon he purchased train tickets for himself, the werfels, and Thomas Mann's family. He went to Port Bou while the immigrants were given tickets to Cerbère
Ticket purchase
The reason why the immigrants were sent to Cerbère is that due to laws in Nazi France, they were not allowed to have travel visas, and Cerbère was a border town near the border of Spain and France.
During that trip he was nervous and anxious, what he was doing was a big step from being an magazine editor. He knew that from this point onward there was no turning back.
Once the immigrants came to Cerbère, they had to stealthy cross the border. if they were caught they would be sent back to france and would surely be captured.
Thankfully, the immigrants successfully crossed the border. With this good news, Varian fry knew now that this was only the begging of his heroic journey.