Boston Unitarian Minister Waitstill Sharp and his wife Martha, a social worker, joined with the World YMCA to provide humanitarian assistance, rescue intellectuals, organize child transports, and help hundreds of Jews and other refugees escape Czechoslovakia, France, and Portugal throughout the Second World War. While the U.S. failed to end WW2 sooner or admit those fleeing Nazi persecution, history shows some courageous Americans spoke out and saved lives. Read about a German Jewish family who tries to escape to the U.S. in the novel One Person’s Loss. Learn more about the book in NOVELS.
Waitstill & Martha Sharp rescued hundreds of Czech, French, & Portuguese refugees in WWII
Berlin, 1937. Jewish newlyweds flee Germany for Brooklyn before the Nazi slaughter begins
