▁to ▁continue ▁travel ing . ▁( V ict or ▁Serge ▁describes ▁convers ations ▁with ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁fre ighter ▁Cap itaine ▁Paul - L emer le ▁from ▁Marse illes ▁to ▁Martin ique ▁in ▁his ▁Not ebook s .). ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁he ▁was ▁offered ▁a ▁position ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁School ▁for ▁Social ▁Research ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁and ▁granted ▁ad mission ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁A ▁series ▁of ▁voy ages ▁brought ▁him , ▁via ▁South ▁America , ▁to ▁Puerto ▁Rico , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁investig ated ▁by ▁the ▁F BI ▁after ▁German ▁letters ▁in ▁his ▁lug g age ▁ar oused ▁the ▁susp ic ions ▁of ▁custom s ▁agents . ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁spent ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Jacques ▁Mar it ain , ▁Henri ▁F oc illon , ▁and ▁Roman ▁Jakob son , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁found ing ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁É cole ▁Lib re ▁des ▁Haut es ▁Ét udes , ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁university - in - ex ile ▁for ▁French ▁academ ics . ▁ ▁The ▁war ▁years ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁were ▁form ative ▁for ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁in ▁several ▁ways . ▁His ▁relationship ▁with ▁Jakob son ▁helped ▁shape ▁his ▁theoretical ▁out look ▁( J ak ob son ▁and ▁Lé vi - St ra uss ▁are ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁figures ▁on ▁which ▁struct ural ist ▁thought ▁is ▁based ). ▁In ▁addition ,