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In World War 2, when Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds was captured, he became senior officer at a Nazi POW camp.
On January 27, 1945, as the imminent defeat of the third reich approached- the Nazi Commandant ordered Edmonds to tell all the Jewish-American officers at the camp to present themselves outside the barracks the following morning. Instead, Master Sgt. Edmonds ordered all 1,275 POW's to assemble outside their barracks. Furious with Edmonds, the Commandant held his sidearm to Edmonds' head and demanded he tell the non-Jewish soldiers to go inside. At tremendous risk to his own life Master Sergeant Edmonds declared,
On January 27, 1945, as the imminent defeat of the third reich approached- the Nazi Commandant ordered Edmonds to tell all the Jewish-American officers at the camp to present themselves outside the barracks the following morning. Instead, Master Sgt. Edmonds ordered all 1,275 POW's to assemble outside their barracks. Furious with Edmonds, the Commandant held his sidearm to Edmonds' head and demanded he tell the non-Jewish soldiers to go inside. At tremendous risk to his own life Master Sergeant Edmonds declared,
He went on to remind the furious Nazi Commandant that were he to execute any of Edmonds' men; after the conflict ended, he would be prosecuted for war crimes. While possible, it is hard to believe the Commandant was particularly concerned about being prosecuted for war crimes. What is far more likely is that on that day Master Sergeant Edmonds had laid hold of the Ancient Blessing of Abraham pronounced by the Creator of Heaven and Earth thousands of years earlier, and recorded in Genesis 12:3
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds never brought attention to what he did, or even told his own family. He was only honored after his death for the tremendous honor of what he did after his son read his diaries from the time of the war and tracked down some of the men he saved giving their testimonies to Yad VaShem. On Feb. 10th, 2015 Yad VaShem honored Edmonds as one of the "Righteous among the Nations,' Israel's highest honor for non-Jews who risked their life to save Jews during the Shoah. We credit Edmonds' saving of an estimated 2-300 American Jewish soldiers from death that day to the fact that he believed in the Word of The Most High and the promise given to Abraham. That day he bravely followed the example set by the Prophet Isaiah who wrote,
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