But I live: Three stories of child survivors of the Holocaust

But I live: Three stories of child survivors of the Holocaust

Schallié, Charlotte

Libicki, Miriam

Seliktar, Gilad

Yelin, Barbara

2022

Schallié, Charlotte

Libicki, Miriam

Seliktar, Gilad

Yelin, Barbara

Miriam Libicki and David Schaffer -- Gilad Seliktar, Nico Kamp, and Rolf Kamp -- Barbara Yelin and Emmie Arbel -- Alexander Korb -- Dienke Hondius -- Andrea Löw -- David Schaffer, Nico Kamp, Rolf Kamp, Emmie Arbel -- Miriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar, and Barbara Yelin "A kind of resistance" / "Thirteen secrets" / "But I live" / The Holocaust in Transnistria / Surviving in hiding from the Nazis / Surviving Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen as a child / In their own words / Behind the art

978-1-4875-2684-9

"An intimate co-creation of three graphic novelists and four Holocaust survivors, But I Live consists of three illustrated stories based on the experiences of each survivor during and after the Holocaust. David Schaffer and his family survived in Romania due to their refusal to obey Nazi collaborators. In the Netherlands, brothers Nico and Rolf Kamp were separated from their parents and hidden by the Dutch resistance in thirteen different places. Through the story of Emmie Arbel, a child survivor of the Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, we see the lifelong trauma inflicted by the Holocaust. To complement these hauntingly beautiful and unforgettable visual stories, But I Live includes historical essays, an illustrated postscript from the artists, and personal words from each of the survivors. As we urgently approach the post-witness era without living survivors of the Holocaust, these illustrated stories act as a physical embodiment of memory and help to create a new archive for future readers. By turning these testimonies into graphic novels, But I Live aims to teach new generations about racism, antisemitism, human rights, and social justice."

MHN245

189

Toronto ; Buffalo

New Jewish Press, an imprint of University of Toronto Press