Carol Rittner R.S.M.

Roman Catholic, a member of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She is a Distinguished Professor of Holocaust & Genocide Studies Emerita and the Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor of Holocaust Studies Emerita at Stockton University (New Jersey, USA).

WVIA SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

The Courage to Care

Season 2023 Episode 7 | 28m 42s | 

A profile of individuals who knowingly risked their lives during the Holocaust to aid Jews.

Aired: 08/08/23 Rating: NR


The Triumph of Memory: Non-Jewish Resistance to the Nazis during WWII

PBS documentary, 1988.
Four non-Jewish concentration camp survivors—Pierre Troadec, Vera Laska, Reidar Dittman, and Irina Kharina— speak of the conditions in the camps and the brutality they withstood. Dedicated to the memory of Pierre Troadec (1909-1993) and to anti-fascist resistance fighters worldwide.
“Si l’écho de leurs voix faiblit, nous périrons.” —Paul Éluard



Carol Rittner, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Holocaust & Genocide Studies, and Dr. Marsha Raticoff Grossman Professor Emerita of Holocaust Studies, Stockton University of New Jersey, USA; Honorary President of WHISC – Women in the Holocaust International Study Center – Oct 17, 2023
“Women Shaping Holocaust Studies” (November 2023 – 25 minutes)
“Eva Fleischner: Conscience and Courage” (April 2023 – 1 hour)
“The Holocaust and Jewish-Christian Relations” (October 2021 – 1 hr, 20 minutes)
“Neighborliness: The Courage to Care” (January 2021 – 8 minutes)
“The Courage to Care” (2019 – 23 minutes)
“Gender and Genocide: Women During the Holocaust and Other Genocides” (April 2018  – 90 minutes)


Premiered Nov 4, 2025 #booktok #booktube #palestinian
Hosts Jennifer Wyman and Sandy Mayer talk with Holocaust scholars John K. Roth and Carol Rittner about their new book, Stress Test: The Israel-Hamas War and Christian-Jewish Relations. Episode 1. Part 2 of a multi-part series.
Host Jennifer Wyman talks to Holocaust scholar John K. Roth about his new book, Stress Test: The Israel-Hamas War and Christian-Jewish Relations. Episode 1. Part 1 of a multi-part series. Oct 6, 2025 #booktok #booktube #palestinian