Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War

Ken Burns reveals an American couple's secret 1939 mission to help refugees escape Nazis.

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    Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

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    Join an American couple’s courageous mission to help refugees on the brink of WWII.

About Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War

Join an American couple's courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom. A film by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky.

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