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Mar 8, 2024 · Martha and Waitstill Sharp, American Unitarian aid workers, helped thousands of people escape Nazi persecution in 1939–1940. Among those they helped were Jews, intellectuals, and children in Prague, Lisbon, and southern France.
Martha and Waitstill Sharp. Motivated by their faith and their moral outrage, the Sharps made the difficult decision to accept the charge. They left their two small children in the care of close friends in the congregation. On February 4, 1939, they set sail for Europe.
On June 20, 1940, Waitstill and Martha Sharp landed in Lisbon, Portugal, on a mission to help refugees from war-torn France. Making their way into Vichy-controlled France, that had allied itself with the victorious Nazi Germany, they sought ways to help fugitives from Nazi terror, Jews and non-Jews alike.
Oct 23, 2016 · Waitstill Sharp and his wife Martha had both been involved in social justice work for years, and in recent weeks, they had been leading discussion groups about the Nazi threat.
The AUA selected the Reverend Waitstill Sharp, a young minister from the Wellesley Hills Unitarian Church in Massachusetts, and his wife, Martha, an experienced social worker, to oversee the enterprise.
Aug 2, 2016 · For Waitstill and Martha Sharp, a Unitarian minister and his wife living in Wellesley, Massachusetts, that sense of responsibility began in their religious community and ultimately drew them into dangerous missions in Europe on the edge of war.
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February 4, 1939: Rev. Waitstill and Martha Sharp depart for their mission to Czechoslovakia. In their absence the Unitarian leadership set about fundraising and searching for suitable “commissioners” who would carry the Unitarian witness to the Czech people.
