Press & Appearances
80 Years of Freedom: The Netherlands and U.S. Honor Shared History at the Annual Freedom Concert
May 7, 2025
Diplomatic Watch
Eighty years have passed since the United States played a crucial role in liberating the Netherlands during World War II. This spring, the Embassy of the Netherlands in the United States brought people together at the Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia, for the annual Freedom Concert on May 5.
Meet the Dedicated Volunteers Who Honor World War II’s Fallen American Service Members by Adopting Their Graves
May 5, 2025
Smithsonian Magazine
Europe will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender on May 8. But thousands of locals remain committed to preserving year-round the memories of those killed while fighting to liberate the continent
Author Robert Edsel to speak and sign new book at New Orleans’ World War II Museum
May 1, 2025
WGNO
Author Robert Edsel, who’s known for consulting George Clooney on his film “The Monuments Men” and his acclaimed TV series “Hunting Nazi Treasure,” will be at the National World War II Museum later in May to speak and sign copies of his new book, “Remember Us."
I Love to Read: Robert M. Edsel’s ‘Remember us’ honors Dutch thankfulness for American WWII heroes
April 30, 2025
WISH-TV
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Bestselling author Robert M. Edsel explores the profound sacrifices made by American soldiers during World War II in his new book, Remember Us, highlighting the unique grave adoption program in the Netherlands.
BOOK REVIEW: Dutch honor American war dead by ‘adopting’ their graves
April 26, 2025
NY Post
In the fall of 1945, a Dutch teenager named Frieda van Schaik wrote a letter to the US military seeking the address of the mother of an Army officer and Harvard-trained architect who was killed about a month before the German surrender.
Alabama soldier featured in new WWII book by ‘Monuments Men’ author Robert Edsel
April 22, 2025
WIAT Birmingham
Robert Edsel doesn’t see himself as an author. More accurately, the New York Times-bestselling writer whose 2009 book, “Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History,” was turned into a movie featuring George Clooney and Matt Damon, sees himself as a messenger.
BOOK REVIEW: Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and a Forever Promise Forged in World War II
April 21, 2025
Jewish Book Council
Everyone wants to be remembered — this is the central theme of the new book by the bestselling author of The Monuments Men, Robert Edsel — and in this remarkable story we learn that this fundamental human desire is not easily realized.