When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2021.
Physical Desc
232 pages : color illustrations, 1 color map ; 23 cm
Status
Arcadia Public Library - Graphic Novels
940.531 K
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940.531 K
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury, 2021.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232).
Description
When I Grow Up is New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein's new graphic nonfiction book, based on six of hundreds of newly discovered, never-before-published autobiographies of Eastern European Jewish teens on the brink of WWII-found in 2017 hidden in a Lithuanian church cellar. These autobiographies, long thought destroyed by the Nazis, were written as entries for three competitions held in Eastern Europe in the 1930s, just before the horror of the Holocaust forever altered the lives of the young people who wrote them. In When I Grow Up, Krimstein shows us the stories of these six young men and women in riveting, almost cinematic narratives, full of humor, yearning, ambition, and all the angst of the teenage years. It's as if half a dozen new Anne Frank stories have suddenly come to light, framed by the dramatic story of the documents' rediscovery. Beautifully illustrated, heart-wrenching, and bursting with life, When I Grow Up reveals how the tragedy that is about to befall these young people could easily happen again, to any of us, if we don't learn to listen to the voices from the past.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographical comics.
Biographies.
Comics (Graphic works)
Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Eastern -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish youth -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish youth -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, European -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, Lithuanian -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Comics (Graphic works)
Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Eastern -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish youth -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jewish youth -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, European -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, Lithuanian -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Personal narratives.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Krimstein, K. (2021). When I grow up: the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers . Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krimstein, Ken. 2021. When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Krimstein, Ken. When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers Bloomsbury, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Krimstein, Ken. When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers Bloomsbury, 2021.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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