Teaching History Matters
Grandfather's hidden photos inspire Holocaust film
By BRIDGET MURPHY, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Matthew Nash's grandfather only mentioned the photographs to him once. Twenty-five-years later,...
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Woodstock event remembers Holocaust WOODSTOCK, N.Y. — A Yom Hashoah event that will remember the Holocaust will take place April...
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Somewhere along the way the candles go out.
So I am going to the Stations of the Cross at our local church. I have never gone before. It...
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On the Occasion of the Release of Rona Arato’s The Last Train
On the Occasion of the Release of Rona Arato’s The Last Train My name is Matthew Rozell and I have...
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I know you are very busy, but please answer my questions.
[caption id="attachment_512" align="alignleft" width="300"] Soon after liberation, surviving children of the Auschwitz camp walk out of the children’s barracks. Poland,...
Read the articleLongevity has its place.
I made this video tribute a few years ago for my students. When it ends, they always sit in silence....
Read the articleShipper feels that education is the key.
West Ham send message to racist fans with Holocaust ceremony Auschwitz survivor will lead pre-match ritual following anti-Semitic chants at...
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WE WILL BE THERE, WILL YOU??
[caption id="attachment_1382" align="alignleft" width="300"] Matthew Rozell, 30th Infantry Veterans of WWII, Holocaust survivors at Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, March...
Read the articleA classroom conversation.
A funny thing happened on the day that schools all over the US were supposed to be attacked again, and...
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The day of April 13 1945 was a Friday and a sunny and windy day.
Friday the 13th. This account comes to me from a survivor's son who lives in Hungary. He had read of...
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he has a dramatic way of proving his point.
Class Act Historic Reuniter By Nancy Cooper Photography by Erica Miller Volume 147, Number 1, January/February 2013, Page 7 How...
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Well, let me stop you there.
My brother and I were working on a story that we thought would be fun to turn into a screenplay....
Read the articlePeace.
I had hoped to have a few days to reflect on my own loss mentioned in the previous post but...
Read the articleWe have to value what our forebears – and not just in the 18th century, but our own parents and grandparents – did for us, or we’re not going to take it very seriously, and it can slip away.
From David McCullough. I've heard him speak, and I am re-reading "Truman" right now. He needs to be heard again....
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"If you're strong and fair, it doesn't make any difference what you teach."
Another great and timely email... From: Philip M. Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 6:26 PM Subject: Your Dad I just...
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The Golden Book.
Just when you think that maybe things are "quieting down", an email comes in your inbox again. At Thanksgiving Time....
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It's what we do.
Here is the interview that I did with NYSUT last week. A staff member who is maybe thinking of leaving...
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Random Thoughts. But things that are really not random at all.
Yesterday I got a phone call from US Army medic/veteran Babe Gantz in Scranton, PA. He wanted to thank me...
Read the articleHolocaust documents reveal story behind President’s tailor
I open this story this morning and was pleasantly rewarded with the work of a man I consider a friend,...
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"Oh, that's a very interesting question..."
A great interview with Frank McCourt. One of my heroes. My late mom's too, who also narrowly missed growing up...
Read the articleLessons learned from a survivor.
Keeping it real. A nice article to re-post. Lessons learned from a survivor. Aron Lieb, Holocaust Survivor, a Stranger, Saved...
Read the article"When you learn something, you learn it."
I'm kind of an old school taskmaster. Last week, I made my US History students memorize the Preamble to the...
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"It's not for my sake, it's for the sake of humanity, that they will remember..."
I am re-posting this on the anniversary of a car crash that would claim the life of Holocaust survivor...
Read the articleIsraeli archaeologist digs into Nazi death camp
Israeli archaeologist digs into Nazi death camp Wednesday Aug 22, 2012 I have been an avocational archaeologist for many years;...
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New photographs of liberation discovered.
On the cusp of 100,000 visits to this site, I am posting three photographs of the liberation of the train...
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We were the only two teachers in the room.
Last week I had the honor of being the recipient of the Glen at Hiland Meadows President’s Award. For the...
Read the articleGerman Medical Association Apologizes for Holocaust Horrors
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” Voltaire (1694-1778) In my state, New York, the...
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Kids at the DP camp Hilersleben. Irene.
Dear Mr. Rozell, [caption id="attachment_1605" align="alignleft" width="182"] Hilersleben -Luca Furnari[/caption] My grandfather, Luca Furnari, is 90 years old and served...
Read the articleHatred, Tyranny Continue 'Every Single Day'
PBS NEWSHOUR, MAY 2, 2012 JEFFREY BROWN: And finally tonight, one woman's story of survival during the Holocaust and her...
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April 29th, 1945. The Liberation of Dachau.
[caption id="attachment_709" align="alignleft" width="261"] "On April 30, 1945, Jewish-American G.I. Richard Marowitz stormed into Hitler’s bedroom looking for anything he...
Read the articleRemarks by the President at the United States Holocaust Memorial April 2012
[caption id="attachment_1561" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="President Barack Obama tours the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., with Sara Bloomfield,...
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I was dragged over backwards but managed to get on my feet to see three women bearing down on me with pitchforks.
I received this press release and am passing it on with notes and the interview I conducted 14 years ago...
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A Liberator's 1945 Eyewitness Account of the Farsleben train appears.
April 17th. (1945) Dear Chaplain;- Haven't written you in many months now, its funny how a few moments are so...
Read the articleWednesday, 18 April 1945.
{67 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly ...
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Holocaust Remembrance Day 2012
Tune in, Wed. April 18th, 2012 Israeli Broadcast Authority Channel One 30 minute broadcast nationwide in honor of Holocaust Remembrance...
Read the article30th Inf. Div. G-2 Report, 17 April 1945.
{67 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly ...
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