In this Book
- The Courage to Care: Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust
- Book
- 1986
- Published by: NYU Press
The extraordinary story of a few non-Jews who risked their lives to rescue and protect Jews from Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II is told in The Courage to Care. It features the first person accounts of rescuers and of survivors whose stories address the basic issue of individual responsibility: the notion that one person can actand that those actions can make a difference. These rescuers are true heroes, but modest ones. They did a thousand ordinary thingsopening doors, hiding and feeding strangers, keeping secretsin an extraordinary time. For this, they are known as "Righteous Among the Nations of the World."
The rescuers and survivors are from many countries in EuropeItaly, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, France, Bulgaria, Poland, Germanyand they tell their stories with simplicity and dignity. Each story is interwoven with old snapshots of rescuers and survivors, their homes, their hiding places, and the communities in which they lived.
Noted author, teacher, and human rights activist, Elie Wiesel, helps us to ask: "what made these people different?" He points out how those who helped Jews during the Holocaust "changed history" by their actions. The Courage to Care reminds readers of the power of individual action.
This compelling book is the companion volume to the award-winning film, The Courage to Care, and includes the personal narratives of the same persons in the film and many others.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Elie Wiesel
- pp. x-xi
- Preface
- Carol Rittner, R.S.M.
- pp. xiv-xv
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xvi-xvii
- Stories of Rescue
- pp. 17-95
- Stories of Rescue: Odette Myers
- pp. 18-23
- Stories of Rescue: Johtje Vos
- pp. 24-27
- Stories of Rescue: Marion Pritchard
- pp. 28-33
- Stories of Rescue: Max Rothschild
- pp. 34-37
- Stories of Rescue: Irene Opdyke
- pp. 44-51
- Stories of Rescue: Emaniel Tanay
- pp. 52-57
- Stories of Rescue: John Weidner
- pp. 58-65
- Stories of Rescue: Gaby Cohen
- pp. 66-73
- Stories of Rescue: Ivo Herzer
- pp. 74-77
- Stories of Rescue: Chaim Asa
- pp. 78-81
- Stories of Rescue: Leo Eitinger
- pp. 82-85
- Stories of Rescue: Jørgen Kieler
- pp. 86-89
- Stories of Rescue: Leo Goldberger
- pp. 90-95
- Le Chambon
- Le Chambon: Magda Trocme
- pp. 100-107
- Le Chambon: Major Julius Schmahling
- pp. 109-115
- Le Chambon: Three Survivors
- pp. 116-119
- Reflections
- Why Were There So Few?
- pp. 122-125
- Examples of Heroism: Moshe Bejski
- pp. 126-133
- Ten Qestions: Pierre Sauvage
- pp. 134-141
- They Could Do No Other
- pp. 142-147
- The Courage to Care
- pp. 149-152