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Remember Us

May 14, 2025

C-SPAN

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

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PODCAST | Author Robert Edsel: Remember Us The Untold Heroes of WWII and a Dutch-American Promise That Lives On

May 12, 2025

National Defense Network

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

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Robert M. Edsel: Across an ocean, a Dutch mother and her town honored our fallen soldiers

May 11, 2025

The Dallas Morning News

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

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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.

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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

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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."

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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