The American tourist stabbed defending two women from vicious thugs on a tram in Germany revealed he was nearly blinded from the attack – but declared he’ll wear his scars with “pride” in his first interview since the frightening ordeal.

“The injury to the face, the cut to the nose. It severed my nose in two and part of my lip here,” 21-year-old John Rudat told journalist Julian Reichelt. “It just nicked the eyelid. Just a centimeter off and I would have lost my eye for sure. 

“Certainly I’ll have a scar. But you know, it was worth it. And I’ll wear it with pride,” Rudat said.

Rudat, a model from upstate New York, remains hospitalized after the Sunday attack in Dresden, where he intervened as a locally-known drug dealer and one of his cronies were accosting the women.

One of the suspected attackers – a 21-year-old Syrian national – was arrested, but was later released over lack of evidence, the German outlet Bild reported.

The other attacker remains in the wind.

Following the attack, Rudat slammed his attackers and condemned what he called Europe’s “immigration problem” in a video posted to Instagram.

In his interview with Reichelt, Rudat said the attack boiled down to simply a “problem of violence.”

“An act of violence perpetrated on somebody that could not defend themself. That’s the problem. That’s the real root of this.”

“The problem to me wasn’t anybody’s skin color. Wasn’t anybody’s race. It was the fact that a woman was being harassed and assaulted,” Rudat said. .

“My reaction was proportionate to exactly that. I would have protected any woman against any race, and color of man.”

Rudat was in Germany visiting his former home-stay family from his days doing a foreign exchange, and said the city seemed more dangerous since he’d last been.

“I’ve since then noticed from traveling back here a few times since then that this reality of safety in Dresden, from my perspective, has become a little bit more dangerous,” he told Reichelt.

Rudat models part time, and recently was certified as an EMT in his hometown outside Albany – and family members said it was no surprise to hear he stepped in to help someone in need.

“I would have been surprised if he hadn’t stepped in,” Rudat’s 22-year-old brother Logan previously told The Post.

“It’s part of his character. That’s just the way we were raised,” said Logan, who is also a first responder.

Photos from the attack showed the city tram spattered in dark blood, while Rudat’s face was left covered in heavy bandages.

The US embassy in Germany asked local law enforcement to prioritize catching Rudat’s attackers.

“We urge German authorities to swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice and punish them to the fullest extent permitted by law. Safety is a collective responsibility—no one is safe until all are safe,” the embassy said in a statement.