I had a great time at NCHC (national honors conference). San Diego was great, and my panel went well. Now just trying to get home!

It has been a wonderful week of research. Thank you @holocaustmuseum for the BAI grant that made it possible.

Happy 2 year anniversary of the publication of my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book. Increasingly timely and topical. You can get a copy for yourself at all the usual places. And thank you to my awesome editor @rabeari.bsky.social and @dgb-history.bsky.social for making it happen!

Research is currently underway!

Currently at the 2025 Gerstein Holocaust Education Travel Fund presentations—a really awesome thing that we have at Butler, our students have access too, and opportunities to learn, study, and advance knowledge of the Holocaust.

Conference time at THE Ohio State University

Started my day by giving a little talk at Tabernacle Presbyterian Church.

Not only did I learn earlier this week that I’d be back at the Indiana Historical Society’s Holiday book fair in December (and yes, Eisenhower & the Holocaust will be on sale) BUT I also signed a contract to write my next book with the IHS as well! I’m very excited about both these developments!

First day of teaching this semester—Off to Disney and American Culture!

My friend Matt, who is currently doing a fellowship at the USHMM, sent me this. The book has made it where the idea was born! @rabeari.bsky.social @dgb-history.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

A big thank you to Tina for the shout out about my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book. In addition to having great taste in books, she is also an awesome, amazing tour guide!

Someone is currently putting on a carillon concert here on campus and it wonderful and should happen more often.

Just confirmed another Eisenhower & the Holocaust talk! If anyone needs a speaker for this Fall or Spring, send me a message.

Last month I spoke to a TOLI workshop about Eisenhower & the Holocaust. In the mail today was a thank you card —signed by all the participants (over 30 educators)! Totally made my day.

Not only is my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book now available to order (via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and my publisher DeGruyter etc), but Amazon currently has the Kindle version marked down to $20 — which is about $2 below the paperback cost!

The wait is over! You can now get a paperback copy of my book on Eisenhower & the Holocaust wherever you buy/order books! Very big thank you to my awesome editor @rabeari.bsky.social and publisher @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

One week from today, my book on Dwight Eisenhower & the Holocaust will be available in paperback! I am very excited to relay that you can preorder it on my publisher’s website or over on Amazon!

Had a great time talking about Eisenhower & the Holocaust with the New York Military Affairs Symposium. Nice turnout and great Q & A!

It was an honor and a privilege to talk with a TOLI group of educators about Eisenhower & the Holocaust today. They represent 20 states and are learning ways to incorporate Holocaust education into their classrooms…and they had some great questions!

At the Allied Museum, I was honored to give a presentation on Eisenhower & the Holocaust as the guest speaker of the Berlin Historical Association. Special bonus, the students sat with BHA members at the post-talk reception and had great conversations.

I can’t!!!

My 2-part podcast interview and both of my talk at the Eisenhower Library are now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=efB9...

Our author @histprofdad.bsky.social speaking about Ike and the Holocaust at the Eisenhower Library on Yom Hashoah, a day of remembrance commemorating the Holocaust and the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising www.ksn.com/video/eisenh...

I’ve arrived in Abilene and can’t wait to talk about Eisenhower & the Holocaust tomorrow.

Today at 2pm EST I’ll be talking Eisenhower & the Holocaust on @ww2tv.bsky.social Here is a link if you’d like to watch/join the conversation: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Very much looking forward to my appearance on and talking with @ww2tv.bsky.social about Eisenhower & the Holocaust!

Got to speak about Eisenhower & the Holocaust today at Vincennes University. A big thank you to everyone who came out and to those who watched on Zoom.

80 years ago today elements of the 89th Inf. and 4th Armored Div. liberated Ohrdruf. About a week later, Ike visited the camp and the decisions he made changed the course of the war and the peace that followed. In 3 weeks, I’ll be talking about such things at the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

One week from today I will be speaking at Vincennes University on Eisenhower & the Holocaust. vinu.libguides.com/USHolocaustE...

Our panel on the US military and the Holocaust went well this morning at the Society of Military History conference

Current view

I wrote a thing for the CAP project, based off a presentation I gave at Calvin University’s Henry Institute Symposium on Religion and Public Life. raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/con...

Between now and mid-June I have nearly a dozen speaking engagements on Eisenhower & the Holocaust! I can’t wait to hit the road (and the WiFi) to talk about why 80 years later what Ike saw at Ohrdruf, and the camps & people the Allies liberated, still matters.

For the fourth time it was my pleasure to lead a short term study abroad trip to Paris. Here we studied art, history, religion, and culture—and the impact on those things when we consider not just nationalism but also transnational corporations (in our case, Disney).

Last night I received an email from someone who had read my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book, I'm happy to share the following from that message: "Very well done! One of the best documented books I have read in over a year."

80 years ago, Auschwitz was liberated. Today we commemorate this moment as the International Holocaust Day of Remembrance. In April we will recall Ike’s visit to Ohrdruf and how that moment shaped how we remember the Holocaust and the call to never forget.

Have taken a few steps closer this week to 2 really big opportunities to talk about Eisenhower & the Holocaust. And to top it off, we’ve secured enough students for our (still) annual study abroad trip to Germany this summer. I very much look forward to being back in Berlin!

On a cold, snowy January day I finished Anthony Beevor’s excellent book on the Ardennes, reading it almost to the day (by day—I paced myself) 80 years after the Bulge. Highly recommend .

Here we go…Spring 2025 semester is about to begin!

As many of you know I spent a good deal of time last year talking about my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book. I’m pleased to say that as of this morning I now have 4 talks (2 in person and 2 virtual) already lined up for 2025, with a 5th (and it’s a big one) in the works!

Very thankful to John Fea for this opportunity : currentpub.com/2024/12/27/t...

Looking forward to this: thgaac.texas.gov/calendar/eve...

And that’s a wrap on Christmas 2024…over the past 10 days we had 3 family Christmas celebrations + smaller gatherings with family and friends. I might be tired but I’m sitting on my couch with a very full heart.

I’ve been awake for awhile and finally gave up trying to get back asleep (for now). Am I happy I’m not sleeping in on a day I took off to kick off break? No. Is there something magical about working by Christmas tree lights while snow is (sort of) falling? Yes.

This made my day

I had a wonderful group of students this semester in my Disney class. I received a very nice card from one of them at our last meeting and when I was reading through their course reflections, discovered a “hidden Mickey” note from another student. Now onto finals!

I’ve spent the afternoon watching @netflix.com new documentary on Churchill.

For a bit more insight into my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book, checkout this article! stories.butler.edu/exploring-me...

Ok, here is the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Starter Pack (VERY MUCH under construction) If you are a HGS researcher or institution and you aren't on here, please comment. And also recommend folks! go.bsky.app/7mxC2NF

Had a wonderful time speaking at Calvin University yesterday about Eisenhower & the Holocaust.