Courage to Care Award

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.

Recipients

Courage to Care honorees:

Gilberto Bosques Saldivar, 2008
Eduardo Propper de Callejón, 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 IV, 2006
Nicholas Winton, 2006
Konstantin Koslovsky, 2006
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 Schindler, 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-Lignon, 1989
Chiune Sugihara, 1989
Selahattin Ulkumen, 1988
Jan Karski, 1988
Aristides De Sousa Mendes, 1987
Jan & Miep Gies, 1987