Defying the Nazis
Subtitle: the Sharps' war
By: Artemis Joukowsky ; with a foreword by Ken Burns
Contributors: Burns, Ken, 1953- writer of foreword
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780807071823
Subjects: Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Rescue; World War, 1939-1945; Jews
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: The eighteenth choice; title: Learning the ropes; title: Witnesses to history; title: The dying republic; title: Einmarsch : the invasion of Czechoslovakia; title: Under the swastika; title: Changing the rules; title: Helping the Kulturträgers; title: Money talks; title: Last days in the Protectorate; title: The first choice; title: In Lisbon; title: Helping hands; title: Reunion in Cerbère; title: Dividing forces; title: The Emergency Rescue Committee; title: The milk arrives; title: Refugees' odyssey; title: Escape from Marseille; title: The Children's journey; title: The home front; title: The family; title: Back to Europe; title: A run for Congress; title: Palestine; title: Civil rights and Chicago; title: Divergent paths.