Martha Sharp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Martha Sharp

American Righteous Among the Nations

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1905

Place of Birth: Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Date of Death: 06-Dec-1999

Profession: social worker

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Martha Sharp

  • Martha Ingham Dickie Sharp Cogan (April 25, 1905 – December 6, 1999) was an American Unitarian who was involved in humanitarian and social justice work with her first husband, a Unitarian minister, Waitstill Sharp, and others of her denomination, and so helped hundreds of Jews to escape Nazi persecution, through relocation and other efforts.
  • On September 2005, Martha and Waitstill Sharp were named by the Yad Vashem organization as "Righteous Among the Nations", the second and third of five Americans to receive this honor.
  • The subsequent ceremony involved the presentation of a medal and certificate of honor to the Sharps' daughter, Martha Sharp Joukowsky, amidst a large audience that included one of the children that her parents had helped get out of France, Eva Esther Feigl.

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