Courage to Care Award
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Since April 23, 1987, the Anti-Defamation League
has given award to honor rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust era. The award, called “Courage to Care,” is a plaque with miniature bas-reliefs depicting the backdrop for the rescuers’ exceptional deeds during the Nazis’ persecution, deportation and murder of millions of Jews. It is a replica of the plaques which constitute the Holocaust Memorial Wall created by noted sculptor Arbit Blatas, who also created the Holocaust Memorial in Paris and the display in the old ghetto of Venice, Italy. The award is given during specific programs and ceremonies sponsored by the ADL, often occurring several times a year, when possible.
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 to perpetuate the memory of the Jewish world destroyed in the Holocaust.
Since 1962, Yad Vashem conferred the title “Righteous Among the Nations” on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews. A special committee is impaneled to study the evidence gathered from survivors and documents in order to establish the authenticity of each rescue story. To date, over 9,000 men and women have been so honored by Yad Vashem.
In addition to examining its own records, ADL consults with Yad Vashem before conferring the Courage to Care award. The Courage to Care program is sponsored by Eileen Ludwig Greenland.
Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League is an international non-governmental organization based in the United States. Describing itself as "the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency", the ADL states that it "fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects...
has given award to honor rescuers of Jews during the Holocaust era. The award, called “Courage to Care,” is a plaque with miniature bas-reliefs depicting the backdrop for the rescuers’ exceptional deeds during the Nazis’ persecution, deportation and murder of millions of Jews. It is a replica of the plaques which constitute the Holocaust Memorial Wall created by noted sculptor Arbit Blatas, who also created the Holocaust Memorial in Paris and the display in the old ghetto of Venice, Italy. The award is given during specific programs and ceremonies sponsored by the ADL, often occurring several times a year, when possible.
Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, was established in 1953 to perpetuate the memory of the Jewish world destroyed in the Holocaust.
Since 1962, Yad Vashem conferred the title “Righteous Among the Nations” on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews. A special committee is impaneled to study the evidence gathered from survivors and documents in order to establish the authenticity of each rescue story. To date, over 9,000 men and women have been so honored by Yad Vashem.
In addition to examining its own records, ADL consults with Yad Vashem before conferring the Courage to Care award. The Courage to Care program is sponsored by Eileen Ludwig Greenland.
Recipients
Courage to Care honorees:- Gilberto Bosques SaldivarGilberto Bosques SaldívarGilberto Bosques Saldívar was a Mexican career diplomat and before that a combatant in the Mexican Revolution and a leftist legislator...
, 2008 - Eduardo Propper de CallejónEduardo Propper de CallejónEduardo Propper de Callejón was a Spanish diplomat who is mainly remembered for having facilitated the escape of thousands of Jews from occupied France during the World War II between 1940 and 1944....
, 2008 - Clara M. Ambrus (Bayer), 2008
- Martha and Waitstill Sharp, 2007
- Khaled Abdelwahhab, 2007
- Ernst Leitz II, 2007
- Mefail and Njazi Biçaku, 2007
- Hiram "Harry" Bingham IVHiram Bingham IVHiram "Harry" Bingham IV was an American diplomat. He served as a Vice-Consul in Marseille, France, during World War II, and helped over 2,500 Jews to flee from France as Nazi forces advanced.-Early life:...
, 2006 - Nicholas Winton, 2006
- Konstantin Koslovsky, 2006
- The People of Turkey, (accepted by Prime Minister R.T.Erdogan), 2005
- Giovanni Palatucci, 2004
- Dimitrios P. Spiliakos, 2004
- Dr.Kostas Nikolaou, 2003
- Johanna Vos, 2003
- The Partisans of Riccone, Italy, 2003
- Hans Georg Calmeyer, 2002
- Hannah Pick-Goslar, 2000
- Monsignor Beniamo Schivo, 1999
- The People of Bulgaria (accepted by President Petar Stoyanov), 1998
- Shyqyri Myrto, 1997
- Renia & Jerzy Kozminski, 1996
- Emilie & Oskar SchindlerOskar SchindlerOskar Schindler was an ethnic German industrialist born in Moravia. He is credited with saving over 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his enamelware and ammunitions factories, which were located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively.He is the subject of the...
, 1993 - Alice & Paul Paulus, 1993
- People of Denmark, 1993
- Peter Vlcko, 1991
- Stefania Burzminski, 1991
- Mela & Alex Roslan, 1990
- Friedrich Born, 1990
- Marion P. Pritchard, 1990
- Anna & Jan Pulchalski, 1989
- Le Chambon-sur-LignonLe Chambon-sur-LignonLe Chambon-sur-Lignon is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France.Primarily a Huguenot town, it became a haven for Jews fleeing from the Nazis during World War II.-World War II:...
, 1989 - Chiune Sugihara, 1989
- Selahattin Ulkumen, 1988
- Jan Karski, 1988
- Aristides De Sousa Mendes, 1987
- Jan & Miep GiesMiep GiesMiep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and several family friends in an attic annex above Anne's father's place of business from the Nazis during World War II...
, 1987