Teaching History Matters
NEW From Matthew Rozell-A TRAIN NEAR MAGDEBURG
NEW From Matthew Rozell A Train Near Magdeburg A Teacher's Journey into the Holocaust, and the Reuniting of the Survivors and...
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"What do you want the world to be?"
Yesterday in Jerusalem 29 other educators from all over the world and I wrapped up our 19-day study at Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Martyrs’...
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The mystery.
I am studying in Jerusalem at Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, for 19 days with 29...
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The Last Liberator.
I'm in the City of God now, Jerusalem. The last time I was here was in 2011, with Frank Towers,...
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The cosmic force.
I am in Israel now to embark upon two and a half weeks of study at Yad Vashem, the Israeli...
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Good in the world.
[caption id="attachment_3934" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Victory, 1945. Watercolor, Ervin Abadi. Train Near Magdeburg survivor. Hillersleben, Germany, May 1945.[/caption] I am in...
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June 22, 1941-A turning point.
75 years ago, on June 22, 1941, the largest invasion in history got underway. The United States of America was...
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Maybe Karma.
Thirty years ago next month I began my career teaching history in a summer school, getting my foot in the...
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The Sixth of June.
So, it is the sixth of June again. The ocean pounds the advance of sand amidst the relics of a...
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The Things Our Fathers Saw.
How soon we forget. Or perhaps, we were never told. That is understandable, given what they saw. But, it happened....
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For Memorial Day-Marvin K. Boller
Here in the United States, Memorial Day will be upon us soon. In researching for my upcoming book on the liberation...
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Happy Mother's Day, 1945.
Lisette Lamon was a Holocaust survivor liberated on the train near Magdeburg on April 13, 1945, and later in life...
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To those whom we call, 'our angels of life'.
A survivor writes to his fellow survivors today, on the anniversary of their liberation. An excerpt: For the 13th of...
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My friend Gordon Hanna died the other day. He was my electrician, and I'm sure the electrician for half of...
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A damn good man.
At the high school where I have taught for nearly 30 years, we got a notification early in the week...
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Hell on Earth.
I just finished the first draft of Chapter One of my new book. It took several weeks but in my...
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The harbinger.
So, how was your weekend? We had a great one here, weatherwise. I have the pics to prove it. [caption...
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The Last Transport.
I've been working a bit lately on my next two upcoming books, The Things Our Fathers Saw II and the...
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The fumbling old veterans return to French soil.
Here is one that has been making the rounds for a while (note the age of the veteran- he would have...
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'Our own boys used to go shooting people after school'.
[caption id="attachment_2869" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Clara Rudnick around age 15.[/caption] I'm sharing a pair of articles that I think are illuminating on...
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"There is nothing there."
[caption id="attachment_2641" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Holocaust Survivor Clara Rudnick in her home, Photo Erica Miller 8/31/10[/caption] I have a friend who...
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Thank you, sweetheart. It was a pleasure.
I hope you had a great weekend. I decided to spend my weekend with a fellow who has been gone for...
Read the articleWhy should I think about yesterday and lose this beautiful today?
Why should I think about yesterday and lose this beautiful today? Why should I worry about a tomorrow that may...
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Then he died right underneath me. And I imagine he knew I had shot him.
[caption id="attachment_4535" align="aligncenter" width="500"] edwin israel by matt rozell[/caption] I'm working on my second and third books simultaneously, the trilogy...
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Be the Light.
A Christmas Story, by Me ~The Dark Santa~ The holiday festivities once again roll back around and the Dark Santa...
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Hell came in like a freight train.
Seventy one years ago, it began. Hitler's last gamble would claim more American lives than any battle in U.S. History. Frank Curry...
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At 15, I was firing machine guns over Lake Champlain.
I recently signed one of my books to World War II veteran Leo Dean, which former student Cassie K. purchased...
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Helen Sperling passed away last week. She was an incredible woman, a Holocaust survivor whose mantra was "Thou shalt not...
Read the articleVet tells his story: from Pearl Harbor to the classroom
Vet tells his story: from Pearl Harbor to the classroom by Liza Frenette Nineteen-year-old Alvin Peachman was playing pingpong when...
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Searching for Randy...
[caption id="attachment_4502" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Randy Holmes monument, Hudson Falls. He is not home-yet. Photo by me, this past summer.Moss St....
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Tossing pebbles.
This past Friday, I spoke to scores of educators interested in the Holocaust and genocide, people who were also attempting to teach...
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The Last Generation.
My 93 year old friend Alvin Peachman came into school on Friday. He was once a teacher at this same...
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Never Again is Now.
Last night we were all jolted out of our comfortable lives with the news of the attacks in Paris by...
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Veterans Day upcoming lecture and book signing.
In a video interview with LookTV, Matthew Rozell describes his new book in preparation for his upcoming lecture at the...
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The New Witnesses.
I have just returned from an invitation to participate in Toronto's Neuberger Holocaust Education Centre's Holocaust Education Week, spending some time...
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The Holocaust by Bullets.
This is an important story which aired on Oct. 4th on CBS 60 Minutes. I've known about Father Dubois for...
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