# Roddie Edmonds

> Roderick 'Roddie' Waring Edmonds, was a U.S. Army infantryman renowned for his courageous stand during World War II. As the highest-ranking American non-commissioned officer captured by German forces in December 1944, Edmonds was interned at Stalag IX-A, a prisoner-of-war camp in Ziegenhain, Germany. On January 27, 1945, Edmonds refused an order by German officers to identify Jewish-American soldiers, possibly for separate execution, instead defiantly declaring that "We are all Jews here." The captors relented, sparing the lives of up to 300 Jewish-American prisoners of war.

*American infantryman and POW honored as Righteous Among the Nations (1919–1985)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1919-08-20
- **Died:** 1985-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 51.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 8.4 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Родді Едмондс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D1%96_%D0%95%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81)
- [Roddie Edmonds](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddie_Edmonds)
- [Roddie Edmonds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddie_Edmonds)
- [Roddie Edmonds](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddie_Edmonds)
- [רודי אדמונדס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99_%D7%90%D7%93%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A1)
- [Rodijs Edmondss](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodijs_Edmondss)
- [Roddie Edmonds](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddie_Edmonds)
- [Roddie Edmonds](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddie_Edmonds)
- [Эдмондс, Родди](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B8)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21789535)

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