Teaching History Matters
Monday, April 16th. It is too much. All that I want is just enough.
{67 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly ...
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Sunday, April 15th: The doctor said that we were saviors from heaven.
{67 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly ...
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Saturday, April 14th.
{67 years ago, on Friday the 13th of April, the 743rd Tank Battalion overran the train near Magdeburg, Germany. Shortly ...
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Friday, April 13th: As Tommy and I were standing there, I soon felt a little hand slip through my arm.
[caption id="attachment_1301" align="alignleft" width="282" caption="743rd S-3 After Action journal report- the moment of liberation"][/caption] {67 years ago today, on Friday...
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Whitwell.
Whitwell, Tennessee. Not much cultural diversity. 50% free and reduced lunch. Industry supporting then devastating the community, then leaving town....
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So, I am suspicious of education.
Israeli educational psychologist Haim Ginott writes about a letter that teachers would receive from their principal each year: I am...
Read the articleI was reminded of the words of the prophet Ezekiel-"He took me down in the spirit of G-d and set me down in the valley. It was full of bones."
I interviewed a Holocaust refugee and another liberator on Friday last... rolled into one! A special man. A German Jew whose...
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"I did not interview the dead."
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="alignleft" width="201"] Haunting cover image from Boder's groundbreaking interview book.[/caption] Today I was visiting links on the Internet...
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They are here because of the veterans who saved us. I will never forget that.
[caption id="attachment_1382" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Matthew Rozell, 30th Infantry Veterans of WWII, Holocaust survivors at Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, March...
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“Just as we were at the point of despair, two American tanks came rolling down a hill and saved us."
Holocaust survivor recalls kindness of US troops Another survivor of the train near Magdeburg appears. International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2012....
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the consummate teacher.
A good man left us this week. As I attempt to ponder the why, I can only fall back on...
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Gina- "I trust her dreams were realized."
I never met Gina, but did finally meet her family on my visit to Israel last May. Gina was the...
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the people on this train don't look like walking skeletons to me
I got a comment on a post yesterday from a professed "skeptic" who does not leave a name, of course...
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World keeps turning. Another soldier enters it. Good to know that there are more than 2 of them alive who...
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The Power of Responsibility in the Holocaust and the Age of Genocide
The Tennessee Holocaust Commission is focusing on our work this week!Common+Core+Standards+Alignment Good luck to Frank and George and all the...
Read the articleRepairing the World 2011
From international conference at Hudson Falls High School in Sept. 2011, featuring survivor Leslie Meisels and soldier Buster Simmons. National...
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HOUR OF LIBERATION -"that morning , we heard a loud metallic, rumbling sound"
HOUR OF LIBERATION this was read at the final banquet this year to a hushed gathering of survivors, soldiers, their...
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Hudson Falls High School students hear firsthand of war, peace
Hudson Falls High School students hear firsthand of war, peace The Glens Falls Post-Star OMAR RICARDO AQUIJE | Posted: Friday,...
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"You gave me my second life"
A Final Meeting: Holocaust survivors, rescuers meet in Hudson Falls by Omar Ricardo Aquije, Glens Falls Post-Star Photos by Jason...
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"Remembering the Holocaust, Repairing the World"-Holocaust survivors, WWII vets holding NY reunion
The final conference is open to the public provided you preregister by calling 518-681-4221. THE LIVE STREAM IS HERE mms://media.hfcsd.org/reunion...
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"These guys could have gotten killed". Survivor Steve Barry, on American soldiers in combat who stopped to liberate him and 2500 others.
Steve is one of my good friends and Frank is the featured liberator coming to our 2011 Reunion. Steve wishes...
Read the articleHolocaust survivor Leslie Meisels meets his liberators for the first time.
Another honored speaker for our Sept. 2009 and 2011 reunion... Holocaust survivor Leslie Meisels addresses his liberators for the first time....
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Ariela's American Angels.
I am reposting this. Ariela called me tonight to tell me that she is coming to the reunion with her...
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After surviving Holocaust, Glens Falls man lived to 103
[caption id="attachment_1162" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Oscar Muller, who was held in three different concentration camps during World War II, sailed from...
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~Repairing the World~2011 American Soldiers-Holocaust Survivors Symposium and Reunion
2011 American Soldiers-Holocaust Survivors Symposium and Reunion Hudson Falls High School, Hudson Falls, New York September 20-23, 2011 Three weeks...
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7-24-2011: Talk by Matthew Rozell: Completing the Circle: Honoring Liberation and Defeating the Legacy of Hitler
Spaghetti & Meatball Dinner at the Fort Edward Fire Department 116 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY JULY 24, 2011 4:00-7:00 PM...
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Israel May 2011 narrative and photographs.
Click here to download pdf file (10 MB) photos and narrative of trip to Israel May 2011. Israel May 2011...
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I can hear a woman softly sobbing behind me. Israel 2011.
[caption id="attachment_1098" align="alignleft" width="225"] Matthew Rozell speaks to survivors and families, 5-18-2011. Credit Miri Levy Lavi.[/caption] I wait for my...
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I don't want to get on this train.
[caption id="attachment_1085" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Fred Spiegel signs a copy of his book "Once the Acacias Bloomed" as students wait to...
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Memorial Concert and Day of Remembrance.
[caption id="attachment_1073" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="1943 Yearbook, Hudson Falls High School"][/caption] Yesterday our high school hosted an incredible Memorial Concert and...
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"Let's go."
"Let's go. " With those two words, after much contemplation, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight David Eisenhower made the decision to...
Read the articleHolocaust stories still carry ‘powerful message’
UTICA — Through the decades since World War II, countless stories have been told about the Holocaust, from the human...
Read the articleThe Liberators: Reunited with Those They Saved
JACKSONVILLE, Fla./HUDSON FALLS, N.Y. -- As World War II came to a close in 1945, a small American tank battalion discovered...
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April 13. The soldiers arrive.
It is April 13th, the 66th anniversary of the liberation. And in no small coincidence, I have been granted approval...
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"This is what I fought for."
Just back from the reunion of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of World War II and also the Holocaust survivors...
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We are Coming Back to NASHVILLE!!!
We are Coming Back to NASHVILLE!!! For the next Annual Reunion of our 30th Infantry Division Veterans, we will be...
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