{"product_id":"but-i-live-three-stories-of-child-survivors-of-the-holocaust-hardback-9781487526849","title":"But I Live; Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust (Hardback) 9781487526849","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBut I Live\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThree Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharlotte Schallié (Edited by), Barbara Yelin (Illustrated by), Gilad Seliktar (Illustrated by), Miriam Libicki (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487526849\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 May 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages, Full-colour illustrations throughout\u003cbr\u003e28.6 x 22.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.96 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I'm convinced that we need more books like this, so that we can preserve a terrible history in a way that makes it easily accessible on the one hand, but also allows a different, very personal access to the stories on the other. I think that this book belongs with \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e in every bookcase.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Tobi Dahmen, comic artist and illustrator (www.tobidahmen.de) \u003cp\u003e\"The graphic narratives in \u003ci\u003eBut I Live\u003c\/i\u003e are powerful and relate the Holocaust stories in profound and intense ways that words alone cannot. Created for middle readers, this book is suitable for adults too.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Beverly Cramp (\u003cem\u003eBC BookWorld\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Last week I was given a gift of sadness, a gift of violence, fear, tragedy and suffering…But it was also a gift of courage, extraordinary determination, unimaginable resilience, and ultimately triumph…The gift came in the form of a recently published collection of three graphic novellas called \u003ci\u003eBut I Live\u003c\/i\u003e. It is a remarkable achievement bringing together four survivors with three writer\/illustrators who help portray the harrowing journey of the survivors\u0026amp;#x2019; young lives.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Chris (\u003cem\u003eIn a Spacious Place\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"The combination of stories and artwork is powerful and chilling.\" \u003c\/p\u003e - Dean Poling (\u003cem\u003eValdosta Daily Times\u003c\/em\u003e) \"Who should read this book? Young adults, for sure. But also teachers. Makers of memorials and exhibitions. Historians, literary and art scholars, everyone.\" - Christian Staas (\u003cem\u003eDie Zeit\u003c\/em\u003e) \"\u003cem\u003eBut I Live\u003c\/em\u003e is a uniquely conceived and structured work that explores new possibilities for Holocaust representation at a moment in history that will see the end of direct survivor testimony. It is distinguished by its multigenre, polyphonic layering of perspectives and forms of representation, organizing a deeply engaging dialogue among survivors, graphic artists, and scholars, who, in concert, arouse, mediate, and reckon with the traumatic past.\" - Victoria Aarons, Trinity University (\u003cem\u003eHolocaust and Genocide Studies\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"The superb, heart-rending book \u003ci\u003eBut I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e collects the testimonies of four survivors in a graphic narrative format for new generations. It is a powerful and indispensable educational tool not just for high school students, for whom it was designed, but for anyone. Readers can now carry these indelible stories forward.\" \u003c\/p\u003e (\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted - 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for Best Reality-Based Work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn intimate co-creation of three graphic novelists and four Holocaust survivors, \u003ci\u003eBut I Live \u003c\/i\u003econsists of three illustrated stories based on the experiences of each survivor during and after the Holocaust.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo complement these hauntingly beautiful and unforgettable visual stories, \u003ci\u003eBut I Live \u003c\/i\u003eincludes historical essays, an illustrated postscript from the artists, and personal words from each of the survivors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs 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, \u003ci\u003eBut I Live\u003c\/i\u003e aims to teach new generations about racism, antisemitism, human rights, and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eBernice Eisenstein\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Stories  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A Kind of Resistance\"\u003cbr\u003eMiriam Libicki and David Schaffer \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thirteen Secrets\"\u003cbr\u003eGilad Seliktar, Nico Kamp, and Rolf Kamp\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"But I Live\" \u003cbr\u003eBarbara Yelin and Emmie Arbel \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Histories\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Holocaust in Transnistria \u003cbr\u003eAlexander Korb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurviving in Hiding from the Nazis     \u003cbr\u003eDienke Hondius\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurviving Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen as a Child \u003cbr\u003eAndrea Löw \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Their Own Words \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Schaffer \u003cbr\u003eNico Kamp \u003cbr\u003eRolf Kamp\u003cbr\u003eEmmie Arbel\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBehind the Art \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar, and Barbara Yelin \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword \u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Schallié, Matt Huculak, Ilona Shulman Spaar, and Jan Erik Dubbelman   \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiographies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"New Jewish Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670765564184,"sku":"9781487526849","price":20.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/but-i-live-three-stories-of-child-survivors-of-the-holocaust-hardback-9781487526849","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}