The story of Martha and Waitstill Sharp and their secret rescue missions in Nazi-occupied Europe will be told in Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War, ( #SharpsWarPBS) a documentary by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky, the Sharps' grandson. This inspiring story begins in 1939 when a young Unitarian minister and his wife accept the call from the president of the American Unitarian Association to travel on a dangerous mission from Massachusetts to Prague to help save Jews and dissidents from the growing Nazi threat. Leaving their two young children at home, they risk their lives to provide refugee assistance and to smuggle those in danger out of Europe. Don't miss this compelling depiction of the Sharps' heroic efforts in the face of constant danger. UUs are fighting Islamophobia and religious intolerance and call upon all communities of faith and conscience to join in defying religious intolerance and bigotry. Join them! For more and action support, visit uua.org/action.
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