Students discover the complexities of Martha Sharp's rescue project by analyzing historical correspondences.
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Responses to the 1930s Refugee Crisis
Students activate their thinking around being an upstander and their responsibility toward others in light of the Sharps' mission work in Czechoslovakia.
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The Sharps’ Dilemmas
Students are introduced to upstanders Waitstill and Martha Sharp, an American minister and his wife who undertook a rescue mission to help save Jews and refugees fleeing Nazi occupation.
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Holocaust
American Public Opinion Data
The following surveys and polling questions conducted between 1938-141 gauge US attitudes toward Jews. Findings showed that few Americans were vehemently antisemitic, but many felt that Jews had to be “kept in their place.”
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Global Immigration
Two Who Dared
Learn how the Sharps' rescue work began with a phone call from the American Unitarian community asking for their leadership in the refugee crisis in Prague, 1939.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
Becoming a Better Person: Luma Mufleh on her Grandmother’s Compassion
Luma Mufleh speaks about her grandmother's compassion as part of a Community Conversation.
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Developing Student Voice, Character, and Civic Agency
This middle school curriculum leads students in an examination of identity, membership and belonging, and civic participation through an analysis of historical case studies and literature.
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Genocide & Mass Violence
From War-torn Afghanistan to Facing History: Mohammed Sayed at the 2013 New England Benefit Dinner
Mohammed S. speaks about what he learned through Facing History.
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Helen’s Letter to Supporters
Read Helen Lowrie's letter to the Sharps' supporters describing their efforts to aid refugees with the children's rescue project.
Helen’s Letter to Supporters
November 23, 1940
Dear Friends,
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Martha’s Letter to Helen
Read Martha Sharp's letter to Helen Lowrie written in Lisbon, Portugal, describing her daring journey from France.
Martha’s Letter to Helen
Hotel Metropole, Lisbon
December 2, 1940
My darling Helen,
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Portrait of Eboo Patel, of Interfaith Youth Core
Portrait of Eboo Patel, founder and executive director of Interfaith Youth Core.
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