Teaching History Matters

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This parade of unfathomables. Krakow.
July 10, 2014

This parade of unfathomables. Krakow.

~Matthew Rozell, a history teacher whose project reunited hundreds of Holocaust survivors with the American soldiers who liberated them, takes...

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Theresienstadt- "Spa town". The real Holocaust hoax.
July 10, 2014

Theresienstadt- "Spa town". The real Holocaust hoax.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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Moving through the Sudetenland, to Prague.
July 9, 2014

Moving through the Sudetenland, to Prague.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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Hiding in plain sight-Sachsenhausen.
July 7, 2014

Hiding in plain sight-Sachsenhausen.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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The butcher's son- Ravensbruck.
July 7, 2014

The butcher's son- Ravensbruck.

[caption id="attachment_2462" align="alignleft" width="225"] Ravensbruck.[/caption] A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with...

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Berlin-Track 17. All aboard. Now.
July 6, 2014

Berlin-Track 17. All aboard. Now.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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Wannsee.
July 6, 2014

Wannsee.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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Berlin.
July 6, 2014

Berlin.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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"Belsen! I think they had been in Belsen."
July 5, 2014

"Belsen! I think they had been in Belsen."

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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So much for that Hippocratic Oath.
July 4, 2014

So much for that Hippocratic Oath.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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Dankeschön, Frankfurt.
July 3, 2014

Dankeschön, Frankfurt.

A year ago I took one of the most transformative journeys of my life, with 24 fellow educators, to study...

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The wonder of it all.
June 30, 2014

The wonder of it all.

June 25, 2014 Readers of this blog know that I spend a lot of time wondering. As I spend more...

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The Sixth of June.
June 6, 2014

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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See? I'm only seventeen to you now." For Memorial Day.
May 23, 2014

See? I'm only seventeen to you now." For Memorial Day.

This story below is an excerpt from my upcoming book. It will be out early this summer for the 70th...

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"What they really need are history lessons."
May 7, 2014

"What they really need are history lessons."

[caption id="attachment_2994" align="alignleft" width="133"] Why it's Mr Rozell. Because the internet says it is.[/caption] You may have seen this article...

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In the end, it's about creating human beings.
May 6, 2014

In the end, it's about creating human beings.

My wife called me Sunday evening on her way into town to let me know that she had a blowout...

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NBC News asked them if, history really mattered.
April 29, 2014

NBC News asked them if, history really mattered.

[caption id="attachment_2888" align="aligncenter" width="500"] April 30 1945 Headlines. Hangs in my classroom.[/caption] Today, April 29th, is the anniversary of the...

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Ripples.
April 28, 2014

Ripples.

[caption id="attachment_1299" align="alignleft" width="300"] Matthew Rozell, Stephen Barry, National DOR Ceremony, Washington, DC April 2010. This photo was taken the...

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Yom HaShoah 2014.
April 27, 2014

Yom HaShoah 2014.

Yom HaShoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day. It marks the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising. [caption id="attachment_2869" align="alignleft" width="500"] Clara...

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~THE TRANSPORT TO LIFE~ 69 Years On.
April 13, 2014

~THE TRANSPORT TO LIFE~ 69 Years On.

[caption id="attachment_2842" align="alignleft" width="196"] Cover of After Action Report for April 1945.[/caption] Today is the 69th anniversary of the liberation...

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Prism.
April 8, 2014

Prism.

 I've had an article published in the Spring 2014 edition of PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, an "internationally...

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Everybody had assumed that because the history books said it was destroyed, it was.
March 29, 2014

Everybody had assumed that because the history books said it was destroyed, it was.

This is Treblinka. I was at the scene of the crime in the summer of 2013, only 70 years later....

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"We often wonder, was it all worthwhile?"
March 14, 2014

"We often wonder, was it all worthwhile?"

[caption id="attachment_1382" align="alignleft" width="500"] Matthew Rozell, 30th Infantry Veterans of WWII, Holocaust survivors at Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, March...

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The Story behind the Story, or, What a 12 year old girl did with 12 Years a Slave.
March 4, 2014

The Story behind the Story, or, What a 12 year old girl did with 12 Years a Slave.

The power of history speaks to us. In this post from November, I'm reminded of the force of narrative history...

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January 13, 2014

Germany continues to grapple with Nazi-era legacy.

NOTE: Below is an article I found at the PBS website. In my trip to Germany this summer I encountered...

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November 25, 2013

A higher calling.

Great article and congrats to the lovely ladies, the promise of the future.... And regardless about how some may feel...

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November 20, 2013

“They were everywhere.”

I had dinner recently with some lovely people  were impressed by my work and filled with praise for the job...

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Solomon Northup and Twelve Years a Slave.
November 17, 2013

Solomon Northup and Twelve Years a Slave.

I have been thinking a lot lately about Solomon Northup and Twelve Years a Slave.I always knew about him, as...

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A story of finding inner peace sixty years beyond the events of World War II.
November 14, 2013

A story of finding inner peace sixty years beyond the events of World War II.

A Conversation with Rona Arato, author of THE LAST TRAIN: A HOLOCAUST STORY By Sharon Salluzzo In The Last Train,...

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November 12, 2013

Numbers dwindling, WWII veterans continue poignant reunions, renewing bonds forged in battle.

Numbers dwindling, WWII veterans continue poignant reunions, renewing bonds forged in battle Article by: DAN SEWELL , Associated Press NOTE:...

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Hell came in like a freight train. Veterans' Day 2013.
November 11, 2013

Hell came in like a freight train. Veterans' Day 2013.

I am reposting this today for Veterans' Day 2013. Also tune into CBS 6 Albany NY at 6pm this evening...

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WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast-and what Mrs. Schechter saw.
November 10, 2013

WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast-and what Mrs. Schechter saw.

WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast By DAN SEWELL Associated Press . DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The surviving Doolittle Raiders,...

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Clara.
October 19, 2013

Clara.

[caption id="attachment_2641" align="alignleft" width="500"] Holocaust Survivor Clara Rudnick in her home, Photo Erica Miller 8/31/10[/caption] I gave my first talk...

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The veneer is very thin.
October 19, 2013

The veneer is very thin.

One of the things that came up in my talk last night was the question of what does one do...

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A Backwards Journey into the Holocaust.
October 14, 2013

A Backwards Journey into the Holocaust.

A Backwards Journey into the Holocaust Matthew Rozell, a history teacher at Hudson Falls High School whose project has reunited...

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WWII – The Nazis.
October 8, 2013

WWII – The Nazis.

[caption id="attachment_2619" align="alignleft" width="300"] Traveling compadres Tim, Scott, and Alan in front of our hotel next to the Presidential Palace,...

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