{"id":52605,"date":"2015-12-16T16:02:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T21:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=52605"},"modified":"2015-12-16T16:02:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T21:02:49","slug":"who-was-tibor-rubin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/who-was-tibor-rubin\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Was Tibor Rubin?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tibor Rubin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last week, Tibor Rubin died at the age of 86<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After being liberated by American soldiers from the Mauthausen concentration camp, Rubin made a promise that he would give back and joined the American army. While serving in the Korean War, his virulently anti-Semitic sergeant repeatedly gave him the most dangerous missions. In once instance, “he single-handedly held off a wave of North Korean soldiers for 24 hours, securing for his own troops a safe route of retreat.<\/a>” He spent 30 months as a POW in North Korea, where his experience surviving a concentration camp allowed him to help his fellow prisoners.<\/p>\n

In fact, “he made a habit of sneaking out of the camp at night and foraging for food, stealing from enemy supplies, and bringing back what he could to help nourish his comrades.”<\/p>\n

When Rubin was recommended for a Medal of Honor, the same anti-Semitic sergeant\u00a0Artice V. Watson, “deliberately ignored the orders from his own superiors to prepare the appropriate paperwork.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Rubin was eventually awarded the\u00a0Medal of Honor in 2005 after Congress passed the Leonard Kravitz Jewish War Veterans Act.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have a mom who was very religious,\u201d Corporal Rubin stated. \u201cAnd she always teach us: \u2018There is one God, and we are all brothers and sisters. You have to take care of your brothers, and save them.\u2019 To her, to save somebody\u2019s life is the greatest honor. And I did that.”<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00a0You can watch this video about his story below.<\/p>\n

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