Sharp, Waitstill, 1902-1984
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Name (Hebrew)
שארפ, וייטסטיל, 1902-1984
Name (Latin)
Sharp, Waitstill, 1902-1984
Date of birth
1902-05-01
Date of death
1984
Other designation
Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust
Place of birth
Boston (Mass.)
Field of activity
Social justice
Associate group
Unitarian Universalist Association
Occupation
Clergy
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Heroes of the spirit, c2006:frame (Waitstill Sharp)
- Yad Vashem web site, 12 Sept. 2012(Righteous Among the Nations Honored by Yad Vashem: Sharp, Waitstill & Martha)
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations web site, 12 Sept. 2012(Waitstill Sharp (1902-1984) was a Unitarian minister who, with his wife Martha Sharp, helped hundreds of Jews and other refugees escape Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia during World War II)
- Waitstill Hastings Sharp (1 May 1902-1983) was a Unitarian minister who was involved in humanitarian work and social justice; born in Boston in May 1902 ( (Wikipedia, November 6, 2016:) )
Wikipedia description:
Waitstill Hastings Sharp (1 May 1902 – 25 February 1983) was an American Unitarian minister who was involved in humanitarian and relief work in Czechoslovakia and southern Europe in 1939 and 1940, just before and during World War II. With his wife, Martha, he provided relief aid to refugees, many of them Jewish, fleeing from Nazi Germany and countries under Nazi control and assisted people in danger of persecution to flee Czechoslovakia and France and resettle in the United States and elsewhere. In 2005, Waitstill and Martha were named by Yad Vashem as Righteous among the Nations, the second and third of five Americans to receive this honor.
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