Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Joint Israeli-German-Project on how the Shoah is presented in serious comics.

About the project
Personen in Kacheln
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

The Fourth Generation

How do young people from both, Germany and Israel, remember the Holocaust today?
Mann von hinten
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Nothing to return to

What happened to the families that escaped the holocaust? One descendant of Polish refugees is Rutu Modan, a woman with a surprising story.
Nothing is more universal than personal things
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

“Nothing is more universal than personal things”

“Second Generation” by Michel Kichka: A Transformation from Victim to Hero.
Homosexual men inside of concentration camp.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Marked by the Pink Triangle

Homosexual men were persecuted after the nazis rose to power in 1933. A multimedia report about the story of one homosexual.
Mann und Ballon
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

"You’ll see ruins. You’ll see flowers."

The graphic Novel "Belonging" adresses how to deal with feeling ashamed, guilty and responsible for something you did not do yourself.
In this project, we teamed up in a binational team of Germans and Israelis to find our belonging in history and created the Podcast „From Tel Aviv to Stuttgart: Where do we belong?“.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

From Tel Aviv to Stuttgart: Where do we belong in History?

Author Nora Krug seeks for the question of national identity in her novel „Belonging“. A whole generation later, we continue her search.
Beyond NS Tales
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Beyond NS Family Tales – investigating the past

Between curiosity, bad conscience and emotions: Inspired by a graphic novel, we researched our own family's past during the Holocaust.
Three survivors' story illustrated in one graphic novel.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

“We are child survivors!“

Only 150,000 of Jewish children could survive the Holocaust. Emmie, David, Nico and Rolf share their story of survival.
Anne Frank and Kitty, her diary.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Teenagers and Holocaust

Why Anne Frank`s diary is so important? How today´s teenagers read it?
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

A journey through Anne Frank's diary

A Graphic novel is a great medium. But how can you communicate the cruelties of the Holocaust through it, like in the case of Anne Frank?
Illustration from the graphic novel showing multiple mice wearing stripped clothing and hats.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels 10 Minuten

Of mice and cats

"Maus" by Spiegelman is a very popular graphic novel. But what were the reactions right when it was first released in different countries?
Children of Holocaust survivors are often having difficult family dynamics due to their experience.
Holocaust in Graphic Novels

Second Generation – how the post-war generation still suffers today

Children from Holocaust survivors suffer from their parents' silence. A portrait of Alona Shachar.