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Remember Us

American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and A Forever Promise Forged in World War II

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Remember Us

By: Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
Narrated by: Dion Graham, Robert M. Edsel
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Amazon Editor’s Pick

“An intimate, moving look at the war that extracts deep meaning from the carnage and loss.” – Publishers Weekly

What happens when you lose your freedom and the people who eventually get it back for you are no longer alive to thank?

Remember Us, by Robert Edsel—#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Monuments Men—begins in the pre-dawn hours of Hitler’s invasion of Western Europe on May 10, 1940, when his forces rolled into the small rural province of Limburg in the Netherlands shattering more than 100 years of peace. Their freedom gone, the Dutch lived through four-and-a-half years of occupation until American forces reached Limburg in September 1944, the last portion of Western Europe liberated by the Allies before their advance on Nazi Germany slammed to a halt.

Like The Monuments Men, Remember Us is an ensemble piece that follows twelve main characters over a six-year span, zeroing in on ordinary people including Frieda van Schäik, a teenager who falls in love with an American soldier; Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole, the first member of the 101st Airborne to receive the Medal of Honor; and Sergeant Jeff Wiggins of the 960th Quartermaster Service Company, who escaped the poverty and racism of Alabama for yet another indignity—digging graves.

Drawing on never-before-seen letters, diaries, and other historical records, Edsel shows the painful price of freedom, on the battlefields and inside American homes. In this rich, dramatic, and suspenseful story, he captures both the horrors of war and the transcendent power of gratitude, showing the extraordinary measures the Dutch have taken to thank their liberators. Remember Us is exactly the book we need—a reminder that grief is universal, that humanity knows no national or racial boundaries, and that we all want to be remembered, somehow, someway, by somebody.

Maps, photos, and a bibliography can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2025 Robert M. Edsel (P)2025 Harper Horizon
Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Military Military & War Wars & Conflicts World War II Western Europe Solider War
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Amazing story and most certainly well researched and heartfelt!
Brings the human aspects of war to life from both sides of the libration of a people !!!

Outstanding

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Extraordinary stories interwoven and connected. Everyone can learn through reading this book. Unforgettable! I loved Remember Us!

Amazing Heart Tugging Stories

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Saw the author on a news program. I’ve never heard this piece of WWII history. I thoroughly enjoyed the reading and material.

Moving Book

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Wonderful history of WWII, bravery of American soldiers and Dutch honoring their liberators, enjoyable narration

Unknown story of Dutch

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The entire orator was great and the story compelling. This was one of my favorite books.

Great Listen!

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This is not so much a review as an appreciation. I have read Remember Us: American Sacrifice, Dutch Freedom, and A Forever Promise Forged in World War II. The book relives the inhumanities of World War II and of the Nazi occupation, but the centerpiece of Remember Us is the story of the people of the province of Limburg in the Netherlands in the creation of the American Military Cemetery in Margraten.

I had to read this book. My brother Joe is buried in that cemetery. I have knelt by his grave there. Margraten cemetery is like a vast beautifully manicured putting green, but one decorated with thousands of bright white marble crosses and bright white marble Stars of David. The author of the book, Robert Edsel, describes the cemetery as a beautiful place. It is just that. It is so much more than that, and Remember Us does much to recall the humanity of those who are buried in that sacred place.

Do not doubt for a moment the words in Remember Us that tell of the commitment by the citizens of Limburg to care for the graves of the young Americans who lie in that hallowed place. Decade after decade, I have seen pictures of the adoptive family decorating my brother’s resting ground. I met the family who has - for four generations now - been caring for my brother's grave, and we placed flowers on his grave together. The adoption passes down from generation to generation in a family, much as a family heirloom

Remember Us is an intensely emotional book. Reading it was a deeply emotional experience.

An Appreciation of Remember Us

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