They couldn't always share their stories with their own wives and children. But they open up to you, the reader. Come sit at the kitchen table for a few hours and let them tell you what they've never told anyone before. Because dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.

Over a half-million readers. Groundbreaking World War II and Holocaust narrative history, all TRUE, told in veterans' and survivors' own words.

Matthew Rozell was not a professional historian in the technical sense. He was an ordinary schoolteacher who recognized the extraordinary people sitting in his community, and spent 30 years making sure their stories did not die with them.

History is not just a list of dates and battles. It is the story of people who lived and endured things we can barely imagine. Explore articles, veterans' oral histories, and historical reflections from Matthew's decades of research at his Teaching History Matters blog, going strong for more than 15 years.

You can also follow the development of the A Train Near Magdeburg film project at teachinghistorymatters.com.