JOURNEY TO FREEDOM tells the story of Waitstill Sharp, a Unitarian minister, and his wife Martha, a social worker, who just days prior to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia left their young children in Wellesley, MA to embark on an uncertain journey as the first commissioners of the Unitarian Service Committee (now the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee or UUSC). At a time when most Americans were either ignorant of or indifferent to the clouds of war gathering over Europe, this unassuming pair of New Englanders plunged into the storm. Armed only with their faith and determination, they helped feed and shelter thousands of refugees and matched wits with the Gestapo to help anti-Nazi dissidents and Jews escape to safety. When the Nazis forced them to close their operation, they briefly returned to the embrace of their family and congregation in the U.S., only to leave for France where they would once again put the well being of their fellow human beings ahead of their own comfort and safety. Who were these ‘American Schindlers’ and what is their legacy for us today?