Res. 52. legislation paying tribute to Reverend Waitstill and Martha Sharp. an American couple who left the comfort and safety of their home in Massachusetts to save the lives of Jews in danger of being killed during the Holocaust. Waitstill Sharp was a Unitarian minister and his wife Martha was a social worker. In the late 1930s. amid the horrors of the Holocaust and a refugee crisis in Europe. the American Unitarian Association asked numerous ministers to cross the Atlantic and offer assistance. The Sharps agreed. despite the dangers and despite having young children at home whom they would have to leave behind in the care of friends and neighbors and members of their congregation. In February 1939. the Sharps arrived in Prague. Czechoslovakia. where one of the worlds largest Unitarian congregations was assisting Jewish refugees and others who opposed the Nazis. including trade unionists and political dissenters. A month later. the Germans occupied Prague. increasing the urgency of the Sharps mission but also the risk. They remained in Prague almost six months.
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