Please join us for the book launch of:
But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust
University of Toronto Press, 2022
Hear from the editor and co-creators of this graphic narrative: Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Chair of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies at the University of Victoria and PI of “Visual Storytelling and Graphic Art in Genocide and Human Rights Education”; Miriam Libicki, award-winning American-Israeli graphic novelist whose work explores culture clash and the construction of identity; and David Schaffer, who survived with his family in Romania due to their refusal to obey Nazi collaborators.
Moderated by Dr. Abby Wener Herlin, VHEC Program & Development Manager.
Audience Q&A and book signing to follow.
Presented by the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, UBC Public Humanities and the University of Victoria Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
7:30 PM
Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery
Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver
950 West 41 Avenue