Category: exhibit

After a successful two-year run and exhibiting at four institutions, including the Stadtmuseum Erlangen, Dortmund schauraum comic + salon, Wiesbaden Kunsthaus, and Ravensbrück Memorial, the exhibition of “But I Live. Remembering the Holocaust” was hosted at it’s final location, the Erica-Fuchs-Haus Museum for Comics and the Art of Language, in Schwarzenbach a.d. Saale, Germany, from August 10 to November 17, 2024.

The exhibition was curated by Jakob Hoffmann and Barbara Yelin, and features the process of co-creation and original artwork by artists Barbara Yelin, Miriam Libicki, and Gilad Seliktar from the graphic novel But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust, inspired by the narratives of Holocaust survivors. The exhibit also includes sketches, reference materials, and quotes, with audio interviews and documentary films available in both German and in English.

On August 9, the exhibit officially opened with a presentation by graphic artist and exhibit co-curator Barbara Yelin presenting on the international visual narrative project and graphic novel. Travelling from Vancouver, Canada, on a research trip in Germany, graphic artist Miriam Libicki was also hosted by the museum for an in-person reading of But I Live on August 16.

Lastly, the Erica-Fuchs-Haus also welcomed Emmie Arbel, one of the Holocaust survivors sharing her story in the graphic novel, and her nephew, film director Pablo Ben Yakov, for a special screening of “Three Siblings” on November 16. Directed by Yakov, the film follows the stories of his uncle Menachem, aunt Emmie, and father Rudi as they each navigate their life after the Holocaust.

Thank you, Erica-Fuchs-Haus, for hosting this exhibition and the accompanying events!  

Photographs by Dr. Joanna Straczowski. Screening of “Three Siblings” on November 16, 2024.