When I grow up, the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
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Label
When I grow up, the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232)
resource.biographical
collective biography
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
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 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." --, Provided by publisher
Target audience
adult
resource.variantTitle
Lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Biographies
- Lituanie -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Récits personnels
- Graphic novels
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Personal narratives
- Biography
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Lituanie -- Biographies
- Juifs européens -- Biographies
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Europe de l'Est -- Biographies
- Jeunesse juive -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Jews -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Juifs -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Lituanie -- Récits personnels
- Creative nonfiction
- Essais fictionnels
- Juifs -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Bandes dessinées
- Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Europe de l'Est -- Récits personnels
- Jewish youth -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Bandes dessinées biographiques
- Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ
- Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Personal Narrative
- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Bandes dessinées
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Biographical comics
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Eastern -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Récits personnels
- Juifs européens -- Bandes dessinées
- Jewish youth -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Lituanie -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Bandes dessinées
- Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Nonfiction comics
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Autobiographies -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Récits personnels
- Jeunesse juive -- Europe de l'Est -- Biographies
- Jeunesse juive -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
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- Biographies
- Lituanie -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Récits personnels
- Graphic novels
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Personal narratives
- Biography
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Lituanie -- Biographies
- Juifs européens -- Biographies
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Europe de l'Est -- Biographies
- Jeunesse juive -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Jews -- Lithuania -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Juifs -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Lituanie -- Récits personnels
- Creative nonfiction
- Essais fictionnels
- Juifs -- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 20e siècle -- Bandes dessinées
- Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Europe de l'Est -- Récits personnels
- Jewish youth -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Bandes dessinées biographiques
- Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ
- Lithuania -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Personal Narrative
- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Bandes dessinées
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Biographical comics
- Enfants juifs pendant l'Holocauste -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Europe, Eastern -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 1918-1945 -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Europe de l'Est -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Récits personnels
- Juifs européens -- Bandes dessinées
- Jewish youth -- Lithuania -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Europe, Eastern -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Lituanie -- Histoire -- 1918-1945 -- Bandes dessinées
- Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Nonfiction comics
- Holocauste, 1939-1945 -- Europe de l'Est -- Bandes dessinées
- Bandes dessinées autres que de fiction
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Lithuania -- Personal narratives -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Autobiographies -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Récits personnels
- Jeunesse juive -- Europe de l'Est -- Biographies
- Jeunesse juive -- Lituanie -- Bandes dessinées
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