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Winner of Two PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers
Winner of Two PROSE Awards from the Association of American Publishers

WINNER: BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY & NONFICTION GRAPHIC NOVELS

Canadian Jewish Literary Awards – Winner!
Canadian Jewish Literary Awards – Winner!

But I Live won the Canadian Jewish Literary Award in the Biography/Memoir category

Western Canada Jewish Book Awards 2023 – Winner!
Western Canada Jewish Book Awards 2023 – Winner!

Winner of The Kahn Family Foundation Prize for Holocaust category at the 2023 Western Canada Jewish Book Awards

Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2023 Nominee
Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2023 Nominee

Shortlisted for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards in the Best Reality-Based Work category for 2023

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But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, by (artists) Miriam Libicki, Gilad Seliktar and Barbara Yelin (edited by Charlotte Schallié) was published in May 2022 by the University of Toronto Press. 

cover for but I live featuring Rolf and Nico Kamp holding two bunnies

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

WINNER

NOMINATIONS

  • 2023 | Finalist | 2023 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards | Shortlisted for Best Realty-Based Work
  • 2023 | Finalist | PopCulture Classroom | Excellence in Graphic Literature | Young Adult Award Finalist (Non-Fiction)
  • 2023 | Nominee | Vine Award for Jewish Literature Koffler Centre of the Arts | Young Adult/Children’s Category
  • 2023 | Nominee | JewCie Award for Diverse Representation | Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE) convention; Center for Jewish History in New York City
  • 2022 Honourable Mention | INDIES Book of the Year Awards | Category: Graphic Novels and Comics
  • 2022 | Honourable Mention | Virginia Library Association Graphic Novel Diversity Award | Category: Overfloweth: Youth

But I Live edited by Charlotte Schallié | Book Trailer | New Jewish 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.

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. Read more…

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface
Bernice Eisenstein

Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust:

“A Kind of Resistance”
Miriam Libicki and David Schaffer

“Thirteen Secrets”
Gilad Seliktar and Nico and Rolf Kamp

“But I Live”
Barbara Yelin and Emmie Arbel

Essays:

The Holocaust in Transnistria
Alexander Korb

Surviving in Hiding from the Nazis
Dienke Hondius

On Surviving the Concentration Camps Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen as a Child
Andrea Löw

Survivors’ Notes:

David Schaffer
Nico and Rolf Kamp
Emmie Arbel

Postscript:

Behind the Art

Afterword
Charlotte Schallié, Matt Huculak, Ilona Shulman Spaar, and Jan Erik Dubbelman