Waitstill Sharp
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Waitstill Hasting Sharp (1902-1984) was a Unitarian minister. With his wife Martha Sharp, helped hundreds of Jews escape Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia during World War II.
In 2006, he and Martha were named by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations. They were the second and third Americans so honored (the first being Varian Fry).
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