![]() ![]() We finally made it to Lisbon, by train, having sold our bicycles to customs officials at the French-Spanish border. "In June 1940, on a rainy morning before dawn, a few hours before the Nazis, entered, we left Paris on bicycles, with nothing but warm coats and our manuscripts-Curious George among them-tied to the baggage racks, and started pedaling south. Here Margret tells in her own words how Curious George came to America: Somehow, funny and delightful Curious George was created during those difficult times. They came back to Paris during some of its cruelest days, just before the Nazi occupation. A.) Rey, and together they started the first advertising agency in Rio de Janeiro. Margret married a fellow German artist, Hans Augusto (H. ![]() She studied art at the famous Bauhaus School and elsewhere before moving to Brazil in 1935. Margret was born in Hamburg, Germany, on May 16, 1906. Rey, had no children themselves, but thousands of kids across the world have made friends with their little monkey, Curious George. How Curious George’s creators saved the beloved monkey from the Nazis, opens a new window ![]()
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