''The Courage to Care'' is a 1985 American short documentary film directed by

Robert H. Gardner Robert H. Gardner (born, June 3, 1947, in Berkeley, California) is an American documentary filmmaker, producer and director of ''The Courage to Care'', ''Egypt: Quest for Immortality'', ''Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land'', '' ...

and produced by

Carol Rittner Carol Rittner (born 1943) is an American nun and Holocaust historian. She is a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University. Early life Ri ...

about non-Jews who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. It was nominated for an

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) This is a list of films by year that have received an Academy Award together with the other nominations for best documentary short film. Following the Academy's practice, the year listed for each film is the year of release: the awards are annou ...

. Rittner wrote a book of the same name as a companion volume to the film, which also includes the personal narratives of the same persons in the film and many others.

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Facing History and Ourselves Facing History and Ourselves is a global non-profit organization founded in 1976. The organization's mission is to "use lessons of history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate." The organization is based in Br ...

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