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Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War
Documentary
Waitstill and Martha Sharp, a Unitarian minister and his wife from Wellesley, Mass., leave their children behind in the care of their parish and commit to multiple life-threatening missions in Europe. Over two years, they help to save hundreds of imperilled political dissidents and Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation across Europe.
Director:
Artemis Joukowsky, Ken BurnsCast:
Tom Hanks, Marina Goldman