Title: 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, Righteous gentiles in the holocaust, World war, 1939-1945, jews, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)
Places: Massachusetts, Wellesley Hills
People: Waitstill Sharp (1902-1984), Martha Sharp Cogan (1905-1999)