Mr. Speaker. the Sharps left everything behind. including their home and two young children. to answer a call from the American Unitarian Association to go to Czechoslovakia in February of 1939. The Sharps were not content merely to feed the hordes of refugees passing through Czechoslovakia. they also began to assist antiNazi dissidents and Jews to escape Nazi oppression. In the very shadow of aggression. they helped thousands flee to safety elsewhere in Europe and the United States. One month after the Sharps arrival in Prague. Nazi forces occupied Czechoslovakia. making their work much more dangerous. The Sharps could have escaped. but they refused to leave the refugees helpless. Though the Nazis descended upon the Unitarian mission in Prague. ransacking the office and throwing the furniture into the street. Reverend and Mrs.
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