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Honoring Roddie Edmonds: A Hero's Stand for Lives

1/26/2026

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January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.
Master Sergeant Roderick "Roddie" Edmonds risked his life to save 200 Jewish-American soldiers in a WWII POW camp.
Edmonds refused to identify Jewish POWs when ordered, stating "We are all Jews here."
Edmonds received the Righteous Among the Nations Award and died in 1985.
The remembrance honors his actions and the conviction that saved lives.

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January 27 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945.
Master Sergeant Roderick "Roddie" Edmonds risked his life to save 200 Jewish-American soldiers in a WWII POW camp.
Edmonds refused to identify Jewish POWs when ordered, stating "We are all Jews here."
Edmonds received the Righteous Among the Nations Award and died in 1985.
The remembrance honors his actions and the conviction that saved lives.