were named by the historical remembrance organization Yad Vashem as "Righteous Among the Nations", labeled as individuals who risked their lives to help Jews escape the Holocaust despite danger to themselves and others. The group cited the couple's "meritorious assistance to other Jewish fugitives of Nazi terror", showing much bravery. the second and third Americans so honored (after Varian Fry), with their names being inscribed in a wall in Jerusalem. Eva Feigl gave a speech on that date, describing how she never forgot Martha Sharp when they got to America. An educational curriculum including the Sharps is featured at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. A scholarly book described World War II and the work of the Sharps, which includes significant information of the context of their work among other relief workers (and the Unitarian Service Committee), Was written by Susan Elisabeth Subak, Rescue and Flight, and published in 2010. A Ken Burns documentary film, Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War (2012), that chronicled the efforts of Waitstill and Martha Sharp, was co-directed by Burns and their grandson, Artemis Joukowsky III, of Sherborn, Massachusetts, and co-produced by Burns, Joukowsky, and Matthew Justus, with the support of PBS (including the WETA station), the Unitarian Universalist community, several well-known foundations, and many individuals. Foreign honors : Knight of the Order of the White Lion (1946) References Further reading Excerpt from unpublished memoir. Deakin, Michelle Bates, "Righteous among the nations: Israel honors two Unitarians for heroism in World War II; their story provokes soul-searching today.", Liberal Religion and Life, Summer 2006 5/15/2006 See pp. 90, 185-186 and passim. Patinkin, Mark, , The Providence Journal, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006 (archived 2006) Weiner, Deborah, , UUA News, December 12, 2005 (archived 2012) 1905 births 1999 deaths People from Providence, Rhode Island Pembroke College in Brown University alumni American social workers American Righteous Among the Nations Protestant Righteous Among the Nations Radcliffe College alumni Knights of the Order of the White Lion Female anti-fascists