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When the Nazis demanded at gunpoint that Edmonds identify personally which soldiers in his company were Jews, he refused. “We are all Jews here,” he said, saving up to 200 Jewish soldiers, whose identities he protected.

JNS Congressional bills aim to give highest honor to ‘Righteous Gentile’ Roddie Edmonds Mike Wagenheim May 1, 2023 Both houses of Congress reintroduced legislation this week to honor the late Roddie Edmonds, who put his life in danger to save … Continue reading

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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, one of five American Righteous Among the Nations, never spoke about the 200 Jews he saved

TABLET MAG ‘We Are All Jews Here’ by Patrick Henry May 27, 2021 …It was German policy to single out Jewish POWs and send them to extermination or slave labor camps. Accordingly, in January 1945, the Germans announced that all … Continue reading

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