Posted by And if you’ve never heard of Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, it’s time you did.
Captured during WWII. Thrown into a Nazi POW camp with over 1,200 fellow Americans, 200 of them Jewish.
One day, the Nazis gave an order:
“All Jewish soldiers, step forward.”
Edmonds gave a different order:
“Everyone fall out.”
All 1,200 stood shoulder to shoulder.
The Nazi commandant lost it.
Stormed over. Pulled a pistol. Pressed it to Edmonds’ forehead.
“Identify the Jews or I’ll shoot you.”
Edmonds didn’t blink.
“We are all Jews here.
If you shoot me, you’ll have to shoot us all.
And when we win this war, you’ll be tried for war crimes.”
The Nazi backed down.
Two hundred Jewish-American lives were saved.
Edmonds never told a soul.
Not for credit. Not for medals. Not even to his own son.
He didn’t want to be a hero.
He just wanted to do what was right.
Let the world never forget his courage.
Let his words echo forever.
We are all Jews here.
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