Two Americans Who Defied the Nazis

Posted October 27, 2015
Events

When: Monday, November 30, 2015 at 7:00pm

Where: Congregation Beth Shalom, 3433 Walters Ave., Northbrook, IL

What: A presentation about Waitstill and Martha Sharp, who provided aid to refugees fleeing Nazi persecution.  Their story will be the subject of a Ken Burns film on PBS in fall, 2016.  Speakers are Artemis Joukowsky, filmmaker and member of the Sharp family, and Gretchen Skidmore, Director, Education Initiatives, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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