But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust

Review\n"The superb, heart-rending book But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust 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." -- Quill & Quire\n"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 Maus in every bookcase." -- Tobi Dahmen, comic artist and illustrator ― www.tobidahmen.de\n"The graphic narratives in But I Live 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." -- Beverly Cramp ― BC BookWorld\n"In this beautiful, one-of-a-kind volume, Charlotte Schallié brings together three exquisitely illustrated and narrated testimonies by four child survivors of the Holocaust. Each of these graphic novellas captures the distinct memories and experiences of its child-witnesses in a different style and register, all expertly hand-rendered by different teams of graphic artists. Together with deeply insightful reflections by the artists on their process, by the child survivors as adults, and by historians of each region, But I Live is the most powerful collection of non-fiction graphic novellas of the Holocaust since Art Spiegelman’s Maus." -- James E. Young, author of The Stages of Memory and At Memory’s Edge\n"But I Live is a path-breaking book that elucidates the complex relationships between story and image in Holocaust recounting. It is equally a book about relationships themselves: between the artists and the survivors and then all of us who are – literally – drawn into their vital conversations." -- Henry Greenspan, author of On Listening to Holocaust Survivors\n"In 'A Kind of Resistance,' Libicki’s use of wide round eyes express the innocence and terror of a small child. 'Thirteen Secrets' immediately grabbed me with Gilad Seliktar's beautiful style of artwork. There is a particular haze, the fog of memories of childhood long ago. 'But I Live' welcomed me into the story with a warm familiarity. That I know these people. That I know their stories. I know the one spoon left from everything after the war. The lighting of innumerable cigarettes. The bit of ‘taking’ that is stealing without bad conscience. The not wanting to remember but unable to forget. The fear that left behind showing up in their walks of life, however rich and safe." -- Miriam Katin, graphic novelist and author of We Are on Our Own and Letting It Go\n"But I Live – a beautiful title – offers the stories of four survivors who shared their traumatic memories with three talented artists who have created three outstanding visual journeys. Readers discover not only the survivors personal experience but also the emotion of creation. Libicki, Seliktar, and Yelin take on the responsibility to continue the chain of transmission. Their graphic novels are an act of resistance against forgetting, denying, or not willing to face the truth. Too many survivors left us taking their untold testimony to eternity. But I Live transforms memory into accessible beautiful images in one of the most popular art forms." -- Michel Kichka, author and illustrator of Second Generation\n"A unique and compelling experience. These unimaginable tales of survival and loss, told through testimony, the combined narrative power of words and pictures, and historical facts, gave me an immensity of feeling – quiet, loud, raging, pensive, but most of all, true. The art is captivating, from the bright, saturated inks of 'A Kind of Resistance' to the subdued, almost mid-century modern graphics of 'Thirteen Secrets' to the rich,