Publication
Imprint: New York, London, Toronto, Sydney : Free Press, c2006. Context: Based on interviews with the author's mother Gusta Lemelman, 1922-1996. Responsibility: Gusta Lemelman, Martin Lemelman. OCLC Number: 67346337. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 217 pages : chiefly illustrations, map ; 27 cm. Features: Includes author interview, reading group guide.
Call number
Graphic / Lemel
ISBN
1416552219 / 9781416552215
Original publication date
2006
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Gusta Lemelman, 1922-1996.
Description: Presents in graphic novel format the life of a Jewish girl growing up in Poland during the 1940s, describing how the Nazi persecution led to the deaths of her parents, while she and her brothers survived the war by hiding in the neighboring forest.
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Description: Presents in graphic novel format the life of a Jewish girl growing up in Poland during the 1940s, describing how the Nazi persecution led to the deaths of her parents, while she and her brothers survived the war by hiding in the neighboring forest.
FY2018 /
Physical description
217 p.; 27 cm
Description
'Mendel's Daughter' combines an unforgettable true story with illustrations to shed light on one of history's darkest periods. The author transcribes his mother's harrowing testimony of her childhood in 1930s Poland and her eventual escape from Nazi persecution.
Language
Original language
English
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LibraryThing member labfs39
Martin Lemelman videotaped his mother's rememberances of life before and during the Holocaust, then didn't look at it for years. After his mother's death, he used the videotapes to as the basis for this memoir, told in his mother's voice and illustrated in a graphic style reminiscent of Art
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Spiegelman's Maus, but without the frames. Occasionally his uncle's voice takes over the story, and I felt as though I were sitting around the kitchen table listening to my elders talk. It is a very accessible and appropriate for young adult readers as well as adults. Show Less
LibraryThing member SandSing7
Both the story and the presentation are breathtaking! I love the mixed media with both the real pictures and the author's illustrations. I read the whole book in one sitting. What a fabulous keepsake for the author's family, and what a wonderful gift that he would share it with us.
LibraryThing member engpunk77
I loved how the artist wrote down the words his mother must have actually said in her recorded Holocaust survival narrative; her dialect was exactly like my Polish grandfather's and therefore she sounded like family and very real to me. What an experience reading this book; the illustrations
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enhanced the experience even more; I highly recommend this to anyone 13 to adult. Show Less