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Exhibited items<\/span> :<\/p>\n Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations certificate and medal<\/strong> Czechoslovakian Order of the White Lion, IV Class medal<\/strong> Medal of Plze\u0148, Czechoslovakia<\/strong> Grand Medal of Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia<\/strong> Distinguished Public Service Medal of Boston University<\/strong> Martha and Waitstill Sharp\u2019s humanitarian work in Europe during World War II has been recognized by international institutions and government officials in Czechoslovakia, Israel, and the United States. Exhibited items : Yad Vashem Righteous Among the Nations certificate and medal Bestowed upon Martha and Waitstill Sharp (posthumously), 13 June 2006. Recognition given to non-Jews who … Recognition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"notitle-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-319","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=319"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/319\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/sharpswar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBestowed upon Martha and Waitstill Sharp (posthumously), 13 June 2006.<\/span>
\nRecognition given to <\/span>non-Jews who took great risks to save Jews from Nazi extermination <\/span>by Yad Vashem, the <\/span>World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. Only three other Americans, including Varian Fry, have received this honor. <\/span>
\nMartha and Waitstill Sharp Collection<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPresented to Waitstill and Martha Sharp, 5 December 1946.<\/span>
\nDecoration awarded to foreign civilians for aid liberating Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.<\/span>
\nGift of Martha Sharp Joukowsky<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPresented to Martha and Waitstill Sharp on behalf of the American Relief for Czechoslovakia, Inc.<\/span>,<\/span> 2 May 1946.<\/span>
\nRecognition given by the Lord Mayor of <\/span>Plze\u0148<\/span> in gratitude for providing aid to 2,000 children in <\/span>Plze\u0148<\/span>.<\/span>
\nGift of Martha Sharp Joukowsky<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPresented to Martha and Waitstill Sharp on behalf of the American Relief for Czechoslovakia, Inc., November 1946.<\/span>
\nRecognition given by the Rector of the University on the motion of Dr. Josef Cancik, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, in gratitude for providing aid to children throughout Czechoslovakia.<\/span>
\nGift of Martha Sharp Joukowsky<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPresented to Waitstill Sharp, 5 June 1948.<\/span>
\nRecognition given by University President Daniel L. Marsh to an alumnus reflecting credit upon his Alma Mater.<\/span>
\nGift of Martha Sharp Joukowsky<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"