This weekend I listened to an empassioned speech by a Jew who fought in the American military during WWII and was directly responsible for liberating Buchenwald.
One story he told that I don’t think I’ll ever forget involved his interrogation of a Nazi commander.
The Nazi was in restraints, and the American soldier (now 86) asked the commander if he understood that he was a prisoner. The Nazi nodded.
The soldier than said, “I am an American soldier… and I am a Jew.”
What do you do if you’re a Nazi commander in restraints in a pre-Geneva Convention world, and the soldier across from you says he’s a Jew?
The only thing I can think of is to grovel and beg forgiveness for all you’ve done.
The Nazi grimaced. He muttered the words “God damned Jew”, and then spat in the American soldier’s face!
Without thinking or compassion, this American soldier pulled out a knife, and the corpse of this Nazi commander was disposed of behind the shed.
I gasped.
I was shocked.
And then I smiled.
But I was rather surprised to hear what he said next.
The soldier explained that the war had severely messed with his brain. He had seen things no human should ever experience. He was agitated, and angry.
He acted on impulse against an unarmed man in restraints, and has felt guilty about it for 65 years.
I’m not this soldier.
I cannot fathom his emotions, not for a second.
But he stared pure evil in the face, pure non-repentant evil, and he wiped it off the face of the earth for good.
I can’t imagine for a moment he acted incorrectly, and I beg God that if I were ever in the same circumstances I would have the courage to do as he did.
What would you do?
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