You are invited to the book launch of But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, edited by Charlotte Schallié (UBC Ph.D. 2004), Professor and Chair of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria. The event will feature Dr. Schallié in conversation with survivor David Schaffer and graphic novelist Miriam Libicki. The conversation will be moderated by Dr. Abby Wener Herlin, program and development manager at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.
September 14, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
Jewish Community of Greater Vancouver
950 W. 41st Ave.
This event is presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, UBC Public Humanities, and the University of Victoria Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies.
About the book, from the University of Toronto Press:
“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.”
For more on the book, see https://utorontopress.com/9781487526849/but-i-live/
Featured image: University of Toronto Press
