Wednesday, September 28, 2016
5:45 PM - 9:00 PM (ET)
Ladd Hall 206
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Film
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Religious Life
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DEFYING THE NAZIS: The Sharp's War
Ladd 206 6:30 PM 9/28/16
On the eve of World War II, a Unitarian minister and his wife leave their children with their congregation and the comforts of their home in Wellesley MA to work with the resistance in Europe. For over two years they help to save imperiled political dissidents and Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazi occupation. A follow up discussion with Rev. Joe Cleveland of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Saratoga Springs.
A Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky film. Brought to you by PBS.
Cosponsored by Hillel, Christian Fellowship, Office of Jewish Student Life and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.