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Charles Joseph Coward (30 January 1905 – 21 December 1976), known as the "Count of Auschwitz", was a British soldier captured during the Second World War who rescued Jews from Auschwitz and claimed he had smuggled himself into the camp for one night, subsequently testifying about his experience at the IG Farben Trial at Nuremberg. He also ...
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward is a senior British NCO incarcerated in the prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII-B. He encourages his fellow inmates to escape, and tries to humiliate the German guards at every opportunity.
Feb 19, 2017 · Few people have had a more ironic name that Charles Coward. This Second World War soldier risked his life while a prisoner of the Nazis, saving hundreds of others from death in the concentration camps.
Aug 24, 2021 · Charles Coward was a British soldier during World War II who saved hundreds of Jewish prisoners from Auschwitz. Captured by the Germans in 1940, Coward spent the majority of the war either escaping his German captors or helping save other prisoners until he was liberated in 1945.
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Jan 20, 2021 · Charles Coward, a lowly non-commissioned officer from Edmonton in North London cornered the market. His tale of derring-do, The Password is Courage, penned by two journalists and published in 1954, caught the popular imagination and has not let go.
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Charles Joseph Coward was a British soldier captured in the Second World War who rescued Jewish prisoners from Auschwitz and was an important witness in the post-war Nuremberg trials. He is commemorated with a blue plaque at 133 Chichester Road in Edmonton where he lived from 1945 until his death (1976).
