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.

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.

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.

Robert Edsel, with Andrew Kaufmann and Jason Galui, Director of Veterans and Military Families at the Bush Institute, discuss "Remember Us," the cost of freedom, and what we can do as civilians to remember the fallen and support our veterans for The Strategerist podcast.

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