Adieu Birkenau
Ginette Kolinka's Story of Survival
$34.25
- Hardcover
112 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2025
Summary
It is April 1944. 19-year-old Ginette Kolinka arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Her father and little brother are immediately gassed. Ginette is selected as a worker. She survives.
It is October 2020. 95-year-old Ginette takes advantage of a lull in the COVID-19 epidemic to accompany a group visiting Birkenau one last time. As a farewell, she brings with her a journalist and a comic strip writer. From this trip a comic book is born.
Ginette tells of her life before the w…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781914224232 |
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| ISBN-10: | 191422423X |
| Author: | Ginette Kolinka, Jean-David Morvan, Victor Matet |
| Publisher: | SelfMadeHero |
| Imprint: | SelfMadeHero |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 190mm x 260mm |
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Critics Review
A testament to what’s necessary to survive… Ginette’s personality provides a stamp of authentication to appalling events. How can some people so easily shed their humanity? * The Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide *
A vital resonance beyond the safely historical… This book is an invaluable educational testament. It is also highly readable and engaging for young people and adults alike. * Morning Star *
Ginette Kolinka
Ginette Kolinka is a 98-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Since the 2000s, she has been an “ambassador for memory” who speaks to young people about her experiences in the Shoah. In 2019, she and Marie Ruggieri published Return to Birkenau (Grasset), as well as A Happy Life in 2023.
Jean-David Morvan is a comic book writer fascinated by issues relating to war. His work includes an adaptation of Dorgelès’ Les Croix de Bois with Facundo Percio (Albin Michel), the Irena series with Tréfouël and Evrard (Glénat) and Madeleine, résistante with Madeleine Riffaud and Dominic Bertail (Aire Libre). For the latter, he was awarded the René Goscinny Prize for best scriptwriter.
Victor Matet is a journalist and presenter at France Info. He produced several reports on Ginette Kolinka before co-creating a comic strip about her.
Ricard Efa is a self-taught comic book artist. He has published around twenty titles since 2001. He is particularly known for biographical comics, such as those of Django (Aire Libre), Degas ou Monet (Le Lombard). The latter earned him a nomination for the Eisner Awards in 2018. He lives in Barcelona.
Cesc F. Dalmases, born in Sabadell (Barcelona), is the author of various comic strips, including adaptations of such novels as The Bridge of the Jews (Marti Gironell), Victus (Alvert Sanchez Piñol), The Immortal Pyramid (Javier Sierra). His works have been translated into several languages. He often works on sports-themed comics, like Barcelona: The School of Dreams and Barcelona: Eternal Barcelona at Dupuis.
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