Defying the Nazis
The Sharps' War
- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2018
Summary
Official companion to the Ken Burns PBS film tells the little-known story of Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp, 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 lives of countless refugees, political dissidents, and Jews on the eve of World War II.The official companion to the Ken Burns PBS film.The little-known story of the Sharps, whose rescue missions across Europe durin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807013021 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807013021 |
| Author: | Artemis Joukowsky, Ken Burns |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2018 |
| Weight: | 352g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 152mm x 17mm |
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Critics Review
“A clear, unpretentious volume that justly celebrates a couple who risked all for others.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Defying the Nazis hooks you, catches you up in the narrative, and pulls you along by all the elements of great storytelling…It reads like a spy novel, but it’s all true.”
—Ken Burns
“This gripping tale of intrigue and courage, of love’s power and its loss, is both entertaining and inspiring. Heroes are often thought to be super-human. But Defying the Nazis proves that true heroes emerge not from the pages of comic books but the halls of everyday life. The common denominator is a stubborn faith in humanity and a conviction that the shape of history is ultimately in each of our hands.”
—William F. Schulz, president of the UUA, 1985–1993; executive director of Amnesty International USA, 1994–2006; and president of the UUSC, 2010–2016
About The Author
Artemis Joukowsky
Artemis Joukowsky is an author, filmmaker, and socially conscious venture capitalist. He is the grandson of Waitstill and Martha Sharp and has spent decades researching his grandparents’ heroic rescue missions in Europe. He is also codirector, with Ken Burns, of the companion PBS documentary film Defying the Nazis- The Sharps’ War.
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