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World War II · 351st Bomb Group · B-17 · July 29, 1944

The Ripples Go Forth: A Message Across Eighty Years

By Matthew Rozell

March 30, 2026

During the first Nuremberg Trial, American guards maintain constant surveillance over the major Nazi war criminals in the prison attached to the Palace of Justice. Nuremberg, Germany, November 1945. NARA, public domain, via USHMM. I interviewed the th...

My mom passed away twenty years ago this morning.

She struggled with early onset Alzheimers for about twenty years. It was so hard to witness the decline, but I have to say that I think she was happy most of that time. She was beloved by the assisted living, and later the nursing home staff who cared for her at the end. She was gentle and sweet, and in her prime as ...

Fall is here, and two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be on stage with the director of the film for A Train Near Magdeburg to preview a snippet of the film and be a part of a panel of folks who are in the film. So on the 24th anniversary of 9....