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A Hymn for the Brave

Resources

EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS

Fry, Varian. Surrender on DemandNew York:  Random House, 1945. Reprinted as: Assignment: Rescue (New York: Four Winds Press, 1968).

Sharp, Waitstill H. and Martha Dickie Sharp. Unitarian Service Committee: Journey to Freedom, The First Chapter of Unitarian Service Reports. Boston: Unitarian Service Committee, 1940.


SECONDARY WORKS

Di Figlia, Ghanda. Roots and Visions: The First Fifty Years of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Boston: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 1990.

Isenberg, Sheila. A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry. New York: Random House, 2001.

Joukowsky, Artemis. Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War. Boston: Beacon Press, 2016

Marino, Andy. A Quiet American: The Secret War of Varian Fry. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.

Staub, Ervin (ed). The Roots of Goodness and Resistance to Evil. New York: Oxford University Press, 2015.

Subak, Susan Ellen. Rescue and Flight: American Relief Workers Who Defied the NazisUniversity of Nebraska Press, 2010.

Weber, Ronald. The Lisbon Route: Entry and Escape in Nazi Europe. Ivan R. Dee, 2011.


ARCHIVES

Brown University Library, John Hay Library

Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection, Ms. 2011.008 

Robert Cloutman Dexter and Elisabeth Anthony Dexter Papers, Ms. 2005.029

Papers of Rabbi Baruch Korff 

Andover-Harvard Theological Library

Records of the American Unitarian Association

Records of the Unitarian Service Committee

USC Oral History interviews conducted by Ghanda DiFiglia

Columbia University Library

Varian Fry Papers

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Selected Records of the Unitarian Service Committee and the Universalist Service Committee, RG-67.028

Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection


DIGITAL RESOURCES

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War (Facing History and Ourselves)

Holocaust Rescue and Relief (Andover-Harvard Theological Library)

Seventy-Five Years of Service: The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, 1940-2015 (Andover-Harvard Theological Library Exhibit)

Martha and Waitstill Sharp Collection (Brown University Library Digital Repository)

Bibliography on Varian Fry (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Holocaust Encyclopedia:  Martha and Waitstill Sharp (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Righteous Among the Nations:  Martha and Waitstill Sharp (Yad Vashem)

Righteous Among the Nations:  Varian Fry  (Yad Vashem)

Nicholas Winton’s Children (digitized historical documents)


FILM / TELEVISION / RADIO

Defying the Nazis  (Ken Burns, 2016)

50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (HBO Documentaries, 2016)

Simon, Bob. “Saving the Children.” (CBS 60 Minutes, 2014)

Masters, Kim. “Finding a Hero Amid Fading Memories.” (NPR, 2008)

Varian’s War (Showtime Networks, 2000)


PRESS

Joukowsky, Artemis. “Defying the Nazis: Discovering the Heroic Legacy of Martha and Waitstill Sharp.” Beacon Broadside: A Project of the Beacon Press, 2016 May 5.

High, Roland. “PBS Documentary Highlights Couple’s Bravery in WWII.” The Brown Daily Herald, 2016 September 15.

Interview. Defying the Nazis: Charlie Rose. 2016 September 16.

Kristof, Nicholas. “Would You Hide a Jew from the Nazis?” The New York Times, 2016 September 17.

Hampshire College News and Events. “Defying the Nazis Film by Hampshire Alums Burns and Joukowsky Premieres on PBS.” 2016 September 19.

High, Roland. “New Exhibit Explores Heroism of Brown Alums in WWII.” The Brown Daily Herald, 2016 September 20.