Today is “the day of days.” In 1944, Americans are hearing church bells ring, reading newspaper headlines, and listening to radio broadcasts about the fact that Allied forces are beginning the liberation of France.

Back in the office for a bit today. In the accumulated mail was my @butleru anniversary card….a reminder of the many wonderful students I’ve had over the years in the classroom and the scholarship they’ve helped inspire me to produce.

Last year, one of our regular tour guides me told me she was going to order my Eisenhower & the Holocaust book. Earlier this week I got to sign her copy in the middle of Berlin. It was a wonderful experience! Thanks to all my readers—including Tina’s mom and dad who also read the book!

Last Wednesday, our brilliant author Prof Jason Lantzer @histprofdad.bsky.social gave a talk on „After Nuremberg - The Other Trials“ at the Allied Museum in Berlin, and it was a fantastic talk and also a great venue 😊 Looking forward to the book now!! ;) @BerlinHistoricalAssociation

Had a great time talking about my current research with the @bha_berlin tonight. And very glad my students got to be there and take part!

If you happen to be in Berlin tonight…. www.bha-ev.org/programme

Bulldogs to Berlin 2026

You know you want to learn more about Ike! Well I’m a part of Summer Park week at Butler so you can! Also I’m doing a session on Disney too, you know if you want to learn more about the House of Mouse. www.butler.edu/academics/li...

Looking forward to once again speaking to the Berlin Historical Association next month! www.bha-ev.org/programme

81 years ago today, US forces liberated Ohrdruf. A week later, Ike visited. 78 years later, my book on that moment and what it means is released. shop.ushmm.org/products/dwi...

Getting ready for #SMH2026 with some old, some new, some thats basically borrowed and def more than one thing blue :)

For authors, it is special to see your book on sale at a store. More so when said store is a part of the very museum where the idea for the book happened. That happened for me today at the @ushmm.bsky.social Thank you @rabeari.bsky.social and @dgb-history.bsky.social

I’m currently in the midst of leading the fifth iteration of my Disney goes to Paris study abroad trip! A great group of students learning about history and culture on the ground.

If you missed it - this week was all about Eisenhower and the Holocaust with the excellent @histprofdad.bsky.social Next week - the pod will be talking about the road to the Battle of Culloden Have a fab weekend!

When Gen Eisenhower went to Ohrdurf Concentration Camp, the first camp liberated by the US Forces, he ensured that the press were in attendance so that the world would know the atrocities that took place and try to take note to ensure it never happened again @histprofdad.bsky.social discisses

@rabeari.bsky.social @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

Have you been missing Eisenhower & the Holocaust commentary? Then fear not your wait is over! Catch me now on the History Syndicate podcast: shows.acast.com/the-history-...

Had a great time taping the History Syndicate podcast today—talking Eisenhower & the Holocaust. @dgb-history.bsky.social @rabeari.bsky.social

Thank you @tattooedhistorian.bsky.social (and @rabeari.bsky.social and @dgb-history.bsky.social )

Latest review of Eisenhower & the Holocaust Book no. 2/2026 #andysreads: “Jason Lantzer’s historical narrative of the events and aftermath of WWII feel ever more relevant today with the continual comparisons to Nazi Germany.”

2 weeks from tonight I’ll be speaking at to the Indianapolis World War 2 roundtable about Ike and the Holocaust! www.wwiiroundtable.com

My new favorite German phrase: Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung. (there’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing) Shoutout to the 20% Berlin blog for the story that said phrase came from this morning.

Thought it would be nice to start the new year off with Ike’s latest review from Amazon: „This was a clear, concise examination of how Eisenhower’s decision to witness the horrors of the concentration camps left a lasting impact. I highly recommend reading this very timely book.” Thank you Angela!

And that’s a wrap on the Disney and American Culture for this semester. However, I’m already looking forward to taking students on the 5th iteration of Disney Goes To Paris in March!

Happy to be back at the IHS authors fair!

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:/...