Defying the Nazis

Description:

"Official companion to the Ken Burns film premiering September 20, 2016, on PBS tells the little-known story of the Sharps, an otherwise ordinary couple whose faith and commitment to social justice inspired them to undertake dangerous rescue and relief missions across war-torn Europe, saving the lives of countless refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II." -- Amazon.com.

subjects: Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Rescue,  World War, 1939-1945,  Jews,  World war, 1939-1945, jews,  History,  Unitarian Service Committee

People: Waitstill Sharp (1902-1984),  Martha Sharp Cogan (1905-1999)

Places: Massachusetts,  Wellesley Hills