With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands. Postmarked from big cities and small
towns, from those of privilege and those barely scraping by, each one contained a heartbreaking request similar to that of a young widow from Demopolis, Alabama.

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Robert Edsel discussed the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II and chronicled the lives of American soldiers who were killed in action and buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery near the city of Margrate

Randy and Robert talk about his work chronologically, following the heroic efforts of military men and women around the world, and much more.

After World War II, my dear friend, Emilie, traveled to Texas to comfort the families of those lost.

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.

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, 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."

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.

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.