Gerda's Story Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War

Premiered September 21, 2016
Gerda's Story

Gerda Mayer of Vienna recalls saying good bye in 1939 to her parents, killed in Auschwitz.

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Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War

Join an American couple's courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can live in freedom. A film by Ken Burns and Artemis Joukowsky.

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