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Defying The Nazis: The Sharps' War
Waitstill Explains Money Laundering
Hear Waitstill Sharp's account, narrated by Tom Hanks, of money laundering to help refugees fleeing the Holocaust. He weighed the legal ethics of his actions and ruled that it was more important to save imperiled lives.
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Join an American couple’s courageous mission to help refugees on the brink of WWII.