Name: The Day Curious George Escaped the Nazis
Uploaded: 2019-03-09T06:49:22.000Z
Duration: 2 min 34 s
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- [Narrator] Curious George, the beloved children's book

who's inquisitiveness gets him in all kinds of trouble.

George started as a drawing in the basket

of a jerry-rigged bicycle escaping the Nazi's.

were living in an apartment with two pet monkeys

On their honeymoon in Paris, Hans and Margaret

writing and illustrating children's books.

and in May 1940, Nazi Germany crossed into France

Hans and Margret planned to escape to New York

but there were no more trains out of Paris.

After a desperate search for transportation,

and cobbled together two makeshift bicycles.

loaded their bicycles with as much as they could carry,

their manuscripts for the Adventures of Fifi.

were able to safely board a ship to New York.

It was here that they published Fifi's first book,

After the war, Hans and Margret became US citizens,

happily living out their days in the States.

The little monkey has sold 75 million books,

has been translated into over 15 languages,

But most importantly, he continues to delight

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The Day Curious George Escaped the Nazis

desperate

character

curious

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