Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war

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"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 th...

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Main Author: Joukowsky, Artemis A. W. (Author)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Sharp, Waitstill, > 1902-1984.
Sharp Cogan, Martha, > 1905-1999.
1939-1945
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust > Massachusetts > Wellesley Hills.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
Massachusetts > Wellesley Hills.
Table of Contents:
  • The eighteenth choice
  • Learning the ropes
  • Witnesses to history
  • The dying republic
  • Einmarsch : the invasion of Czechoslovakia
  • Under the swastika
  • Changing the rules
  • Helping the Kulturträgers
  • Money talks
  • Last days in the Protectorate
  • The first choice
  • In Lisbon
  • Helping hands
  • Reunion in Cerbère
  • Dividing forces
  • The Emergency Rescue Committee
  • The milk arrives
  • Refugees' odyssey
  • Escape from Marseille
  • The Children's Journey
  • The home front
  • The family
  • Back to Europe
  • A run for Congress
  • Palestine
  • Civil rights and Chicago
  • Divergent paths.

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