Books with author Matthew Rozell

THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw—The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3...TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS...~From the award-winning author of the 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series~ 800 PAGES, including:*Volume I: Voices of the Pacific Theater*Volume II: War in the Air—From the Great Depression to Combat*Volume III: War in the Air—Combat, Captivity, and Reunion(Please visit Matthew Rozell's Amazon Author page for the 3 full book descriptions)By the end of 2018, fewer than 400,000 of our WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories? Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask."For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America". Read how a generation of young Americans saved the world. Because dying for freedom isn’t the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.

What do you do if you are a reluctant soldier, having been shot at, seen your friends killed, and can no longer even remember what your own mother looks like? As a combat soldier fighting your way across Europe, what is the plan when you come across a Holocaust train full of suffering humanity that shocks you to your core, even after you think you have seen it all? And what happens when you get to meet the survivors face to face, two generations later? 'After I got home I cried a lot. My parents couldn't understand why I couldn't sleep at times.'-Walter 'Babe' Gantz, US Army medic From the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series In this book, the true story behind an iconic photograph taken at the liberation of a DEATH TRAIN deep in the heart of Nazi Germany―brought to life by the history teacher who discovered it, and went on to reunite HUNDREDS of Holocaust survivors with the actual American soldiers who saved them! 'I grew up and spent all my years being angry. This means I don't have to be angry anymore.'-Paul Arato, Holocaust Survivor THE HOLOCAUST was a watershed event in history. Drawing on never-before published eye-witness accounts, survivor testimony and memoirs, wartime reports and letters, Matthew Rozell takes us on his journey to uncover the stories behind the incredible 1945 liberation photographs taken by the soldiers who were there. He weaves togethera chronology of the Holocaust as it unfolds across Europe and goes to the authentic sites of the Holocaust to retrace the steps of the survivors and the American soldiers who freed them. His mission culminates in joyful reunions on three continents, seven decades later. Rozell offers his unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations, and the impact that one person, a teacher, can make. 'I survived because of many miracles. But for me to actually meet, shake hands, hug, and cry together with my liberators―the 'angels of life' who literally gave me back my life―was just beyond imagination.'-Leslie Meisels, Holocaust Survivor -Featuring testimony from 15 American liberators and over 30 Holocaust survivors -73 photographs and illustrations, many never before published -10 custom maps -502 pages-extensive notes and bibliographical references 'People say it cannot happen here in this country; yes, it can happen here. I was 21 years old. I was there to see it happen!'-Luca Furnari, US Army Included: BOOK ONE-THE HOLOCAUST BOOK TWO-THE AMERICANS BOOK THREE-LIBERATION BOOK FOUR-REUNION 'It's not for my sake, it's for the sake of humanity, that [you] will remember.'-Steve Barry, Holocaust Survivor

–From the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II narrative history trilogy– From the book: – 'I survived because of many miracles. But for me to actually meet, shake hands, hug, and cry together with my liberators—the ‘angels of life’ who literally gave me back my life—was just beyond imagination.'–Leslie Meisels, Holocaust Survivor – 'Battle-hardened veterans learn to contain their emotions, but it was difficult then, and I cry now to think about it. What stamina and regenerative spirit those brave people showed!'–George C. Gross, Liberator – 'Never in our training were we taught to be humanitarians. We were taught to be soldiers.'–Frank Towers, Liberator – 'I cannot believe, today, that the world almost ignored those people and what was happening. How could we have all stood by and have let that happen? They do not owe us anything. We owe them, for what we allowed to happen to them.'–Carrol Walsh, Liberator – '[People say it] cannot happen here in this country; yes, it can happen here. I was 21 years old. I was there to see it happen.'–Luca Furnari, US Army – '[After I got home] I cried a lot. My parents couldn’t understand why I couldn’t sleep at times.'–Walter ‘Babe’ Gantz, US Army medic – 'I grew up and spent all my years being angry. This means I don’t have to be angry anymore.'–Paul Arato, Holocaust Survivor – 'For the first time after going through sheer hell, I felt that there was such a thing as simple love coming from good people—young men who had left their families far behind, who wrapped us in warmth and love and cared for our well-being.'–Sara Atzmon, Holocaust Survivor – 'It’s not for my sake, it’s for the sake of humanity, that they will remember.'–Steve Barry, Holocaust Survivor THE HOLOCAUST was a watershed event in history. In this book, Matthew Rozell reconstructs a lost chapter—the liberation of a ‘death train’ deep in the heart of Nazi Germany in the closing days of the World War II. Drawing on never-before published eye-witness accounts, survivor testimony and memoirs, and wartime reports and letters, Rozell brings to life the incredible true stories behind the iconic 1945 liberation photographs taken by the soldiers who were there. He weaves together a chronology of the Holocaust as it unfolds across Europe, and goes back to literally retrace the steps of the survivors and the American soldiers who freed them. Rozell’s work results in joyful reunions on three continents, seven decades later. He offers his unique perspective on the lessons of the Holocaust for future generations, and the impact that one person, a teacher, can make. –Featuring testimony from 15 American liberators and over 30 Holocaust survivors -10 custom maps -72 photographs and illustrations, many never before published. -extensive notes and bibliographical references Included: BOOK ONE–THE HOLOCAUST BOOK TWO–THE AMERICANS BOOK THREE–LIBERATION BOOK FOUR–REUNION

—ABRIDGED EDITION of the True Story of the Rescue of a Holocaust Death Train in World War II— SUITABLE FOR Grades 9-12 and Beyond AS A YOUNG TEEN living a comfortable life with family, what do you do when the Germans march into your town to persecute you, and your neighbors and your friends turn their backs? As life turns upside-down and you are now a young prisoner—fighting for survival in a concentration camp and FORCED TO BOARD A DEATH TRAIN to nowhere—how do you go on as people are dying all around you? AS A YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIER in World War II, fighting brutal battles across Europe—having been shot at and shelled, having seen your friends killed, and no longer even able to remember what your own mother looks like—what is the plan when you STUMBLE ACROSS A HOLOCAUST TRAIN full of suffering families that shocks you to your core, even after you think you have seen it all? Jewish children on a death train. Nazi murderers. American soldiers. A teacher turned detective, solving a historical mystery, two generations later. It's not a novel. It's not 'based on a true story.' It really happened, and teenagers were there to tell about surviving the horrors of the Holocaust—and living to thank their liberators, just a few years older than themselves... in their own words. And what happens when the SOLDIERS AND SURVIVORS again MEET FACE TO FACE, seven decades later? ~ “I survived because of many miracles. but for me to actually meet and cry together with my liberators—the ‘angels of life’ who literally gave me back my life—was just beyond imagination!” –Leslie Meisels, Teenage Holocaust survivor, 65 years after being freed by American soldiers in World War II ~From the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series~ A recent study found that two-thirds of American millennials do not know what Auschwitz is. 22% are not sure they have heard of the Holocaust at all. Well, most adults my age don’t know much about it, either. (And if you are an adult seeking to learn more about the Holocaust, you are in the right place, too, an abridged version of the 2016 bestseller of the same name.) The ‘good news’ is that most of those surveyed feel a need to learn about it, because ‘something like it’ could happen again. And I adapted this book with the hope that by the time you finish it, you will know more about the Holocaust than most people in your life—and maybe you’ll be motivated to do something about that, and think more about the world we inherited from these survivors, their liberators, and the perpetrators and the bystanders. While it is true that some risked all to help their neighbors, when confronted with a moral choice, most people did nothing. But these young soldiers did. I’ll take you into the world of the Holocaust through the eyes of the teens who lived it, children and young adult survivors from all over Europe who had two things in common—they shared the exact same American soldier-liberators, and now, as grandparents themselves, they had the opportunity to meet those same American gentlemen who were in the sunsets of their lives, some quietly wondering if it was all worthwhile. And as I lead you out of the darkness, we will ask questions and seek the answers about what it all means for our world today. We will keep the flame of remembrance alive, and you will become the new witnesses, the new light. What You Do MattersMATTHEW ROZELL—TEACHER, AUTHOR AND RE-UNITER~“People say it cannot happen here in this country; yes, it can happen here. I was 21 years old. I was there to see it happen!” - Luca Furnari, US Army~SOON TO BE A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY~~ 'It's not for my sake, it's for the sake of humanity, that you will remember.'-Steve Barry, Holocaust Survivor

The telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part of your face to a Japanese sniper on Okinawa, and after many surgeries, the doctor has finally told you that at 19, you will never see again. The pain and shock are one thing. But now you have to tell her, from 5000 miles away.-- 'So I had a hard two months, I guess. I kept mostly to myself. I wouldn't talk to people. I tried to figure out what the hell I was going to do when I got home. How was I going to tell my mother this? You know what I mean?' Jimmy Butterfield, WWII Marine veteran From the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series How soon we forget. Or perhaps, we were never told. That is understandable, given what they saw.-- 'I was talking to a shipmate of mine waiting for the motor launch, and all at once I saw a plane go over our ship. I did not know what it was, but the fellow with me said, 'That's a Jap plane, Jesus!' It went down and dropped a torpedo. Then I saw the Utah turn over.' Barney Ross, U.S. Navy seaman, Pearl HarborAt the height of World War II, LOOK Magazine profiled a small American community for a series of articles portraying it as the wholesome, patriotic model of life on the home front. Decades later, author Matthew Rozell tracks down over thirty survivors who fought the war in the Pacific, from Pearl Harbor to the surrender at Tokyo Bay.-- 'Rage is instantaneous. He's looking at me from a crawling position. I didn't shoot him; I went and kicked him in the head. Rage does funny things. After I kicked him, I shot and killed him.' Thomas Jones, Marine veteran, Battle of GuadalcanalThese are the stories that the magazine could not tell to the American public.-- 'I remember it rained like hell that night, and the water was running down the slope into our foxholes. I had to use my helmet to keep bailing out, you know. Lt. Gower called us together. He said, 'I think we're getting hit with a banzai. We're going to have to pull back. 'Holy God, there was howling and screaming! They had naked women, with spears, stark naked!' Nick Grinaldo, U.S. Army veteran, SaipanBy the end of 2018, fewer than 400,000 WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories? Maybe our veterans did not volunteer; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask. But they opened up to the younger generation, when a history teacher told their grandchildren to ask.-- 'I hope you'll never have to tell a story like this, when you get to be 87. I hope you'll never have to do it.' Ralph Leinoff, Marine veteran Iwo JimaThis book brings you the previously untold firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed.-- 'After 31/2 years of starvation and brutal treatment, that beautiful symbol of freedom once more flies over our head! Our POW camp tailor worked all night and finished our first American flag! The blue came from a GI barracks bag, red from a Jap comforter and the white from an Australian bed sheet. When I came out of the barracks and saw those beautiful colors for the first time, I felt like crying!' Joe Minder, U.S. Army POW, Japan,1945As we forge ahead as a nation, we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for."Should be a must-read in every high school in America" --Reviewer

Dying for freedom isn’t the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.(The War in the Air Book Two)~VOLUME 3 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' SERIES~—"After the first mission Colonel Davis told us, ‘From now on you are going to go with the bombers all the way through the mission to the target.’ It didn’t always work, but that was our mission—we kept the Germans off the bombers. At first they didn’t want us, but toward the end, they started asking for us as an escort, because we protected them to and from the missions."-Clarence Dart, Tuskegee Airman, WWII~ANOTHER BOOK IN THE BEST SELLING ‘The Things Our Fathers Saw’ SERIES~How soon we forget. Or perhaps, we were never told. That is understandable, given what they saw.— [Someone in the PoW camp] said, ‘Look down there at the main gate!’, and the American flag was flying! We went berserk, we just went berserk! We were looking at the goon tower and there’s no goons there, there are Americans up there! And we saw the American flag, I mean—to this day I start to well up when I see the flag." -Sam Lisica, former prisoner of war, WWIIBy the end of 2018, fewer than 400,000 WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories?Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask. But they opened up to the younger generation, when a history teacher told their grandchildren to ask.This book brings you the previously untold firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed.As we forge ahead as a nation, we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for.~This book should be a must-read in every high school in America. It is a very poignant look back at our greatest generation; maybe it will inspire the next one.~ Reviewer, Vol. IThis book picks up where the previous ‘War in the Air’ volume left off, in the air war over Europe.

HOW DO YOU THINK YOU FEEL when you wake up in a hospital and find out you killed your own mother?JUST WHAT DO YOU DO in that moment when your plane's been hit, and you are about to crash far from home?-- "I spent a lot of time in hospitals. I had a lot of trouble reconciling how my mother died after reading the telegram she opened, saying I was shot down and missing in action; I didn't explain to her that 'missing in action' is not necessarily 'killed in action', you know? I didn't even think about that. How do you think you feel when you find out you killed your own mother?" --B-24 bombardier, shot down, taken prisoner Dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. -- "I was in the hospital with a flak wound. The next mission, the entire crew was killed. The thing that haunts me is that I can't put a face to the guy who was a replacement. He was an 18-year old Jewish kid named Henry Vogelstein from Brooklyn. It was his first and last mission. He made his only mission with a crew of strangers." --B-24 navigatorMaybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us their stories; perhaps we were too busy with our own lives to ask. But they opened up to a younger generation, when a history teacher taught his students to engage.-- "The German fighters picked us. I told the guys, 'Keep your eyes open, we are about to be hit!' I saw about six or eight feet go off my left wing. I rang the 'bail-out' signal, and I reached out and grabbed the co-pilot out of his seat. I felt the airplane climbing, and I thought to myself, 'If this thing stalls out, and starts falling down backwards, no one is going to get out...'" --B-17 pilot As we forge ahead as a nation, do we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for?This is the second book in the masterful WWII oral history series, but you can read them in any order. -- "You flew with what I would call 'controlled fear'. You were scared stiff, but it was controlled. My ball turret gunner--he couldn't take it anymore... I guess he was right. He's dead now. But he had lost control of the fear. He never got out of that ball turret; he died in that ball turret." --B-24 bombardierIt's time to listen to them. Read some of the reviews below and REMEMBER how a generation of young Americans truly saved the world.Or maybe it was all for nothing? -- "A must-read in every high school in America. It is a very poignant look back at our greatest generation; maybe it will inspire the next one." Reviewer, Vol. I

YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WWII? Did you ever actually listen to somebody who was there?THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw--The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3 ...TOLD IN THEIR OWN WORDS... From the award-winning author of the 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series 800 PAGES, including: *Volume I: Voices of the Pacific Theater-The telephone rings on the hospital floor, and they tell you it is your mother, the phone call you have been dreading. You've lost part of your face to a Japanese sniper on Okinawa, and after many surgeries, the doctor has finally told you that at 19, you will never see again. The pain and shock is one thing. But now you have to tell her, from 5000 miles away. *Volume II: War in the Air--From the Great Depression to Combat-HOW DO YOU THINK YOU FEEL when you wake up in a hospital and find out you killed your own mother?JUST WHAT DO YOU DO in that moment when your plane's been hit, and you are about to crash far from home?*Volume III: War in the Air--Combat, Captivity, and Reunion- WHAT DO YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH when you're rousted awake in the middle of a freezing German night to be death-marched across Germany?WHEN YOUR BUDDY STAGGERS AND FALLS by the side of the road, and no longer even knows who you are, do you keep moving to keep yourself alive? By the end of 2020, fewer than 400,000 of our WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories? Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask. "For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America". Read how a generation of young Americans saved the world. Because dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.-- "A must-read in every high school in America. It is a very poignant look back at our greatest generation; maybe it will inspire the next one."Reviewer, Vol. I

—ABRIDGED EDITION of the True Story of the Rescue of a Holocaust Death Train in World War II— SUITABLE FOR Grades 9-12 and Beyond AS A YOUNG TEEN living a comfortable life with family, what do you do when the Germans march into your town to persecute you, and your neighbors and your friends turn their backs? As life turns upside-down and you are now a young prisoner—fighting for survival in a concentration camp and FORCED TO BOARD A DEATH TRAIN to nowhere—how do you go on as people are dying all around you? AS A YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIER in World War II, fighting brutal battles across Europe—having been shot at and shelled, having seen your friends killed, and no longer even able to remember what your own mother looks like—what is the plan when you STUMBLE ACROSS A HOLOCAUST TRAIN full of suffering families that shocks you to your core, even after you think you have seen it all? Jewish children on a death train. Nazi murderers. American soldiers. A teacher turned detective, solving a historical mystery, two generations later. It's not a novel. It's not 'based on a true story.' It really happened, and teenagers were there to tell about surviving the horrors of the Holocaust—and living to thank their liberators, just a few years older than themselves... in their own words. And what happens when the SOLDIERS AND SURVIVORS again MEET FACE TO FACE, seven decades later? ~ “I survived because of many miracles. but for me to actually meet and cry together with my liberators—the ‘angels of life’ who literally gave me back my life—was just beyond imagination!” –Leslie Meisels, Teenage Holocaust survivor, 65 years after being freed by American soldiers in World War II ~From the author of 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' World War II eyewitness history series~ A recent study found that two-thirds of American millennials do not know what Auschwitz is. 22% are not sure they have heard of the Holocaust at all. Well, most adults my age don’t know much about it, either. (And if you are an adult seeking to learn more about the Holocaust, you are in the right place, too, an abridged version of the 2016 bestseller of the same name.) The ‘good news’ is that most of those surveyed feel a need to learn about it, because ‘something like it’ could happen again. And I adapted this book with the hope that by the time you finish it, you will know more about the Holocaust than most people in your life—and maybe you’ll be motivated to do something about that, and think more about the world we inherited from these survivors, their liberators, and the perpetrators and the bystanders. While it is true that some risked all to help their neighbors, when confronted with a moral choice, most people did nothing. But these young soldiers did. I’ll take you into the world of the Holocaust through the eyes of the teens who lived it, children and young adult survivors from all over Europe who had two things in common—they shared the exact same American soldier-liberators, and now, as grandparents themselves, they had the opportunity to meet those same American gentlemen who were in the sunsets of their lives, some quietly wondering if it was all worthwhile. And as I lead you out of the darkness, we will ask questions and seek the answers about what it all means for our world today. We will keep the flame of remembrance alive, and you will become the new witnesses, the new light. What You Do MattersMATTHEW ROZELL—TEACHER, AUTHOR AND RE-UNITER~“People say it cannot happen here in this country; yes, it can happen here. I was 21 years old. I was there to see it happen!” - Luca Furnari, US Army~SOON TO BE A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY~~ 'It's not for my sake, it's for the sake of humanity, that you will remember.'-Steve Barry, Holocaust Survivor

From the bloody beach at Omaha through the hedgerow country of Normandy and beyond, American veterans of World War II--Army engineers and infantrymen, Coast Guardsmen and Navy sailors, tank gunners and glider pilots--sit down with you across the kitchen table and talk about what they saw and experienced, tales they may have never told anyone before. World War II brought out the worst in humanity, but it also brought out the best. In these narratives you will draw your own lessons. Here are the stories that a special generation of Americans told us for the future when we took the time to be still, to listen, and to draw strength.

"For all of us to be free, a few of us must be brave, and that is the history of America". Read how a generation of young Americans saved the world. Because dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is. VOLUME 4 IN THE BEST SELLING 'The Things Our Fathers Saw' SERIES This book brings you more of the previously untold firsthand accounts of combat and brotherhood, of captivity and redemption, and the aftermath of a war that left no American community unscathed.(Up the Bloody Boot--The War in Italy)From the deserts of North Africa to the mountains of Italy, the men and women veterans of the Italian campaign open up about a war that was so brutal, news of it was downplayed at home. By the end of 2018, fewer than 400,000 of our WW II veterans will still be with us, out of the over 16 million who put on a uniform. But why is it that today, nobody seems to know these stories? Maybe our veterans did not volunteer to tell us; maybe we were too busy with our own lives to ask.As we forge ahead as a nation, we owe it to ourselves to become reacquainted with a generation that is fast leaving us, who asked for nothing but gave everything, to attune ourselves as Americans to a broader appreciation of what we stand for. This book should be a must-read in every high school in America. It is a very poignant look back at our greatest generation; maybe it will inspire the next one. Reviewer, Vol. I

--ABRIDGED EDITION of the True Story of the Rescue of a Holocaust Death Train in World War II-- SUITABLE FOR Grades 9-12 and BeyondAS A YOUNG TEEN living a comfortable life with family, what do you do when the Germans march into your town to persecute you, and your neighbors and your friends turn their backs? As life turns upside-down and you are now a young prisoner--fighting for survival in a concentration camp and FORCED TO BOARD A DEATH TRAIN to nowhere--how do you go on as people are dying all around you?AS A YOUNG AMERICAN SOLDIER in World War II, fighting brutal battles across Europe--having been shot at and shelled, having seen your friends killed, and no longer even able to remember what your own mother looks like--what is the plan when you STUMBLE ACROSS A HOLOCAUST TRAIN full of suffering families that shocks you to your core, even after you think you have seen it all?Jewish children on a death train. Nazi murderers. American soldiers. A teacher turned detective, solving a historical mystery, two generations later. It's not a novel. It's not 'based on a true story.' It really happened, and teenagers were there to tell about surviving the horrors of the Holocaust--and living to thank their liberators, just a few years older than themselves... in their own words.And what happens when the SOLDIERS AND SURVIVORS again MEET FACE TO FACE, seven decades later? "I survived because of many miracles. but for me to actually meet and cry together with my liberators--the 'angels of life' who literally gave me back my life--was just beyond imagination!" -Leslie Meisels, Teenage Holocaust survivor, 65 years after being freed by American soldiers in World War IIA recent study found that two-thirds of American millennials do not know what Auschwitz is. 22% are not sure they have heard of the Holocaust at all. Well, most adults my age don't know much about it, either. (And if you are an adult seeking to learn more about the Holocaust, you are in the right place, too, an abridged version of the 2016 bestseller of the same name.) The 'good news' is that most of those surveyed feel a need to learn about it, because 'something like it' could happen again. And I adapted this book with the hope that by the time you finish it, you will know more about the Holocaust than most people in your life--and maybe you'll be motivated to do something about that, and think more about the world we inherited from these survivors, their liberators, and the perpetrators and the bystanders. While it is true that some risked all to help their neighbors, when confronted with a moral choice, most people did nothing. But these young soldiers did.I'll take you into the world of the Holocaust through the eyes of the teens who lived it, children and young adult survivors from all over Europe, and the world of the young soldiers who saved them, and you will be there as a teacher reunites them, 65 years later, as the old soldiers ponder whether their own lives made a difference. --MATTHEW ROZELL "I was completely taken away by the book and I had to say something. The ending was incredibly insightful and clarifying, it was an amazing comparison between the Holocaust and our world today. I couldn't get over how thoughtful the questions that you asked the reader [to consider], and what you realized during your time in Jerusalem as it came to an end. It was by far my favorite ending to any book I have ever read and I can see myself looking back years from now on the last few pages, if I ever feel lost or if I ever question the world and humanity, and I will be able to find comfort in your words. "-TEEN READER