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 Ravensbr?ck 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.

Author: Charlotte Schallié
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: New Jewish Press
Published: 05/31/2022
Pages: 200
Weight: 2.19lbs
Size: 11.25h x 8.55w x 0.82d
ISBN: 9781487526849


Award: 2022 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention - Graphic Novels & Comics

About the Author
Charlotte Schallié is a professor and chair in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria.
Barbara Yelin studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. In 2014, Yelin published the award-winning graphic novel Irmina.
Gilad Seliktar is an acclaimed graphic novelist and children's book illustrator.
Miriam Libicki holds an MFA in Creative Writing and is an award-winning graphic novelist.