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When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
232 pages
Contents
  • The after
  • Preface: Crossing the abyss
  • The before
  • The eighth daughter
  • The letter writer
  • The folk singer
  • The rule breaker
  • The boy who liked a girl
  • The skater
Isbn
9781635573701
Instance
Label
When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers
Title
When I grow up
Title remainder
the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers
Statement of responsibility
Ken Krimstein
Title variation
Lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers
Creator
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
YDX
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Krimstein, Ken
Dewey number
940.5318092
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
LC call number
DS135.L53
LC item number
K75 2021
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
  • comics graphic novels
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Jewish youth
  • Jewish youth
  • Jews
  • Jews
  • Jews, Lithuanian
  • Jews, European
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust
  • Jewish children in the Holocaust
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Lithuania
  • Europe, Eastern
Target audience
adult
Label
When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • The after
  • Preface: Crossing the abyss
  • The before
  • The eighth daughter
  • The letter writer
  • The folk singer
  • The rule breaker
  • The boy who liked a girl
  • The skater
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
232 pages
Isbn
9781635573701
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, color map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1227086537
  • (OCoLC)1227086537
  • 3925379
Label
When I grow up : the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
  • The after
  • Preface: Crossing the abyss
  • The before
  • The eighth daughter
  • The letter writer
  • The folk singer
  • The rule breaker
  • The boy who liked a girl
  • The skater
Dimensions
23 cm
Extent
232 pages
Isbn
9781635573701
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations, color map
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1227086537
  • (OCoLC)1227086537
  • 3925379

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