Defying the Nazis : the Sharps' war / Artemis Joukowsky ; with a foreword by Ken Burns.

"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 liv...

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Main Author: Joukowsky, Artemis A. W. (Author)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Physical Description:xv, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The eighteenth choice -- Learning the ropes -- Witnesses to history -- The dying republic -- Einmarsch : the invasion of Czechoslovakia -- Under the swastika -- Changing the rules -- Helping the Kulturträgers -- Money talks -- Last days in the Protectorate -- The first choice -- In Lisbon -- Helping hands -- Reunion in Cerbère -- Dividing forces -- The Emergency Rescue Committee -- The milk arrives -- Refugees' odyssey -- Escape from Marseille -- The Children's Journey -- The home front -- The family -- Back to Europe -- A run for Congress -- Palestine -- Civil rights and Chicago -- Divergent paths. 
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