Awards & Nominations

2025 | Grand Prize of the "Gegen Vergessen – Für Demokratie e. V." (Against Forgetting – For Democracy e. V.)
2025 | Grand Prize of the Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (German Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature)
2024 | Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize. Awarded by the State Office for Political Education in North Rhine-Westphalia
2024 | Best Young Adult Book in the month of February. Awarded by the Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur (German Academy for Children’s and Youth Literature)

2023 | Western Canada Jewish Book Award - Kahn Family Foundation Prize for Holocaust category
2023 | PROSE Award for Biography/Autobiography. Awarded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP)
2023 | PROSE Award for Nonfiction Graphic Novels. Awarded by the Association of American Publishers (AAP)
2022 | LUCHS-Preis (Luchs-Prize) for young adult literature (November). Awarded by Radio Bremen and Die Zeit
2022 | Canadian Jewish Literary Award - Category: Biography/Memoir

2023 | Excellence in Graphic Literature Finalist | Young Adult Award Finalist (Non-Fiction)

2024 | German Children’s Literature Award (category: non-fiction). Funding agency: German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth.

2023 | Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards | Shortlisted for Best Realty-Based Work
2023 | Vine Award for Jewish Literature | Young Adult/Children’s Category
2023 | JewCie Award for Diverse Representation | Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE) convention; Center for Jewish History in New York City

2024 | The Max and Moritz Award | Special Jury Award
2024 | 'The White Ravens' atalogue annual recommendations for high-quality international children's and young adult books.