Teaching History Matters
Liberation. 65 Years on.
Soon after liberation, surviving children of the Auschwitz camp walk out of the children's barracks. Poland, after January 27, 1945....
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“Don’t be a bystander.” -quote from conference, Mr. Rozell. World News video, with Mr. Rozell's message to students, taken from...
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Man who helped save 2,500 Jews during the Holocaust will speak at Hanukkah ceremony
He'll tell his story at a Hanukkah celebration By Maggie Fitzroy Story updated at 11:03 PM on Friday, Dec. 11,...
Read the articleQuotes from American Soldiers/Holocaust Survivors Reunion 9/22-26/09
Quotes from American Soldiers/Holocaust Survivors Reunion 9/22-26/09 Compiled by Mrs. Hales, English teacher, Hudson Falls High School. You are free...
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Holocaust Survivors, Liberators Reunited - ABC News : Person of the Week: Teacher takes students on a journey of humanity.
I’m a teacher. This blog is about the Power of Teaching. If you decide to spend a few moments here,...
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Video of Holocaust Liberators-Survivors conference at Hudson Falls High School, Sept. 2009.
Conference Program 3 Apparently the video no longer streams. You can see highlights below if you wish. Program notes from 2009...
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Americans Came to Liberate, not Conquer: American Soldiers/ Holocaust Survivors Reunion Hudson Falls High School, Hudson Falls, New York September...
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The Story with Dick Gordon.
The Story with Dick Gordon. Steve Barry and Carrol Walsh did an interview with Dick Gordon of American Public Media...
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The Holocaust Survivor and the US Army Ranger...
(originally posted November, 2007)...are one in the same person! Had a great lesson 4th block today. My high school seniors...
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The Last Battle-Major Julius Rock.
I received this email while I was at the last liberator-survivor reunion. March 27th, 2009. "Dear Mr. Rozell, My father...
Read the articleYom Hashoah.
I was the guest speaker at a local temple this evening. It was a beautiful ceremony of remembrance, with music...
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Holocaust Survivors Meet their Liberators, First Time Since 1945
[caption id="attachment_268" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Survivors, (seated) 30th Infantry Division, Matthew Rozell. 3-27-09."]Liberators and Holocaust Survivors Reunited-World War II Living History...
Read the articleLiterature scholar helped liberate Holocaust survivors; 86
By Blanca Gonzalez STAFF WRITER San Diego Tribune February 18, 2009 George C. Gross was known locally as a scholar...
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Reunion of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII
The next Annual Reunion of the 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII will be held on 26 - 29 March...
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The Museum today released the following statement: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is deeply dismayed by the recent decision...
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A friend and co teacher burst into my room yesterday, upset and needing to tell me that a 14 year old...
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5YtIQv9mAw&ytsession=nF1iP_KiETQEy5PVQSVUO0z7wmAJtc9gznzVxijQSnbEIQt1LeMaSbzffFH5m9Qn0nOkpAq2jKy_t5FcqWYFkogatq7NJlyWBqLbzD9wMmr6bom3-I1LcFrskompts8a4M6Ly8c2cXOGpoalP_CjyRyhd7bWim1Ty0vAfkyaivUNwXFieWiAQEgDtUKrgHeajTsWxF6wFUac00dh1Zl28O3SJ4GK4_y40v7q-LGsWyPwevfFUm2Qj7Lizy3ZipEBq4R_slQWssmVSR1MeGp7fhLEi9s3ZlbUtsyFndSMqfQ] Here is a link to a project we recently completed for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington...
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“Boys-we are free-the Americans are here!”
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="290" caption="Frank Towers, liberator (blue) and Ern Kan, survivor (gray), March, 2008. Rob Miller photo."][/caption] I received...
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“I shall never forget what I owe the American Army."
The following was received from Ron Chaulet, the discoverer of the survivor narrative. "A brief introduction is appropriate to...
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A harrowing survivor narrative resurfaces, after 63 years.
Hello friends, You may be aware that a new friend in the Netherlands recently acquired this unsigned narrative by a...
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A Survivor recounts from Hillersleben (1945)
A new friend in the Netherlands recently acquired this unsigned narrative by a Polish survivor who was liberated on the...
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Thanksgiving, indeed.
Stars and Stripes, April 14, 1945. I have only two or three copies of Stars and Stripes in my collection....
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Americans came to liberate.
I took this photo at the WW2 Memorial in Washington DC. when I was there for my United States Holocaust...
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The hospital at Hillersleben
(Christian Wolpers photo.) This account is taken from 1st Lt. Frank Towers' recollection: "First of importance was getting food, water...
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Return to Farsleben
Survivor Micha and his wife Louise recently returned from a trip to Bergen Belsen, Farsleben and Hilersleben. In 2006 Micha...
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Survivor Art II- the liberation of the train.
In recent correspondence with Christian Wolpers of the Bergen Belsen Memorial in Germany, he brought my attention to "the drawings...
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A woman and two children rest next to a stopped train.
Found this photo while in Washington at the USHMM searching their photo archives. It's our train, and the Museum was...
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Teaching the Holocaust
I'm back from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. As promised, it was a very intense 6 day workshop with...
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A New Life
[caption id="attachment_48" align="alignright" width="217" caption="Sara in 1945"][/caption] To the liberators: I, Sara Atzmon Gottdiener am grateful to you in my...
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More Angels
I cleaned out my parents house a couple years ago after they passed on and found this memorial card among...
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Three American Soldiers
Yesterday, May 21, was the 63rd anniversary of the burning to the ground of Bergen Belsen by the British Army....
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http://www.saraatzmon.com/ Here is the very first website of a survivor that popped up when I did a random search of...
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"REMEMBER..."
Scene #1: The morning of December 16, 1944. A lonely outpost on the Belgian frontier. In subzero temperatures, the last...
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This online journal was begun to chronicle the unfolding of something very special in my career that is, I think,...
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“A Train Near Magdeburg”
“A Train Near Magdeburg” NOTE: In 2001 my students and I began to post interviews that we had conducted with...
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Liz Bishop of CBS 6 Albany came up to our school twice to interview me and the students. My school...
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