Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2016)

2016-09-201h 30m

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.

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