Curious George

H. A. Rey and Margret Rey

H. A Rey (born Hans Augusto Reyersbach in 1898 in Hamburg, Germany)

Margret Rey (born Margarete  Waldsteinin 1906 in Hamburg, Germany)

Margaret Rey fled Nazi Germany for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1935.

She met H.A. Rey in Rio where they married and moved to Paris, France in 1936.

As the Germans were about to occupy Paris in June 1940 the Reys fled on 2 self-made bikes with a manuscript.

They went through Spain, Portugal, Brazil and then the United States.

Their Manuscript ”Curious George” was published in the US in 1941.

It was an instant success and the Reys wrote many more Curious George Books.

H.A Rey died in 1977 and Margret Rey died in 1996.