Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232)

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collective biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When I grow up

Nature of contents

comics graphic novelsbibliography

Oclc number

1227086537

Responsibility statement

Ken Krimstein

Sub title

the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers

Summary

When I Grow Up is 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. 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. 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

Target audience

adult

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Lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers

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