04313cam a2200817 4500 468419417 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780807071830 0807071838 B00TNBOFM6 Amazon eac2475e-5b24-461a-8913-176bd013f93d OverDrive (Reserve ID) 258154 258154 258154 2621091 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Joukowsky, Artemis. Defying the Nazis [Libby eBook] : The Sharps' War. Beacon Press, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3111kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3111kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. biographies of famous people. gifts for history buffs. historical biographies. military history books. history lovers gifts. history buff gifts. world war 2 books. European History. Military History. historical books. autobiographies. religious books. Holocaust books. jewish history. Autobiography. history books. history gifts. World War II. biographies. World War 2. Historical. army books. Biography. Holocaust. Ken Burns. Religion. Military. battles. History. hitler. Nazis. army. Nazi. WWII. War. ww2. HTML:<b>The little-known story of the Sharps whose rescue and relief missions across Europe during World War II saved the lives of countless Jews, refugees, and political dissidents. Official companion to the Ken Burns PBS film.<br /></b>For readers captivated by the story of Antonina Zabinski as told in <i>The Zookeeper's Wife</i> and other stories of rescue missions during WWII, <i>Defying the Nazis</i> is an essential read.<br /> In 1939, the Reverend Waitstill Sharp, a young Unitarian minister, and his wife, Martha, a social worker, accepted a mission from the American Unitarian Association: they were to leave their home and young children in Wellesley, Massachusetts, and travel to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to help address the mounting refugee crisis. Seventeen ministers had been asked to undertake this mission and had declined; Rev. Sharp was the first to accept the call for volunteers in Europe.<br /> Armed with only $40,000, Waitstill and Martha quickly learned the art of spy craft and undertook dangerous rescue and relief missions across war-torn Europe, saving refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II. After narrowly avoiding the Gestapo themselves, the Sharps returned to Europe in 1940 as representatives of the newly formed Unitarian Service Committee and continued their relief efforts in Vichy France.<br /> A fascinating portrait of resistance as told through the story of one courageous couple, <i>Defying the Nazis</i> offers a rare glimpse at high-stakes international relief efforts during WWII and tells the remarkable true story of a couple whose faith and commitment to social justice inspired them to risk their lives to save countless others. Biography & Autobiography. Religion & Spirituality. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. Burns, Ken, 1953- https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eac2475e-5b24-461a-8913-176bd013f93d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eac2475e-5b24-461a-8913-176bd013f93d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=eac2475e-5b24-461a-8913-176bd013f93d&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)