Incredible Heroism Just Revealed: This Humble Christian Officer Saved 200 Jews in WWII and Never Told a Soul

Cathyrn J. Prince : Nov 30, 2016
The Times of Israel

With a Nazi pistol pointed at his head, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds refused to reveal which of his soldiers were Jews. This week he was awarded the 'Yehi Or' Award for his bravery.

(New York, NY)—[Times of Israel] In a singular act of humanity and defiance, Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds stood up to a German commandant and saved 200 American Jewish GIs from transportation to a slave labor camp. (Photo courtesy, Chris Edmonds/via Times of Israel)

It was 1945 and Edmonds had been a prisoner of war in Stalag IX-A, a German POW camp for less than a month. As the highest-ranking officer there, he was responsible for the camp's 1,292 American POWs—200 of whom were Jewish...

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