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Defying the Nazis
- Author
- Artemis Joukowsky
- Narrator
- Joe Barrett
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 6 September 2016
- Run Time
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Artemis Joukowsky
- Narrator
- Joe Barrett
- Duration
- 7 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 6 September 2016
- ISBN
- 9781515979791
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Religion and beliefs, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion, The Holocaust, Biography: historical, political and military, History
Synopsis
In 1939, Rev. 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. Armed with only $40,000, the Sharps quickly learned the art of spy craft and covertly sheltered political dissidents and Jews, and helped them escape the Nazis. 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. This riveting true story offers listeners a rare glimpse at high-stakes international relief efforts during World War II. Defying the Nazis is a fascinating portrait of resistance as told through the story of one courageous couple.
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