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תאריך 08/11/2018
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תקציר
Childhood in the Holocaust through the Prism of Comics
תיאור
A first of its kind exhibition in Israel. No visitor will remain indifferent! Part of the 2018 winter exhibitions at the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics

Surprising, smart and heart-rending perspectives of artists, including rare works, from graphic novels and stories of superheroes, and from autobiographic and pseudo-autobiographic stories to well-known masterpieces 

Curator: Michal Paz-Klapp. October 24, 2018 to April 2019

As strange as it may sound, comics, children and the Holocaust are closely linked.

Comic works about the life of children in the Holocaust already appeared during the war, and the trend grew over the years. Heroic children, warrior children, children who were victims, children “hangmen”,childhood dreams and childhood memories – are all depicted repeatedly on the comics bookshelf about the Holocaust.
 
The first of its kind exhibition in Israel will open on October 24, 2018 at the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics in Holon: A Million and a Half Childhood in the Holocaust through the Prism of Comics. The exhibition will display known and rare comic works as well as works never before exhibited on the sensitive issue of childhood during the Holocaust.

The exhibition presents different perspectives about children and childhood during the Holocaust as portrayed in graphic novels from Israel and around the world, and examines the central trends and their significance. The exhibition features works that appeal to a diverse audience (adults, youth, religious orthodox and others) of key artists, among them Art Spiegelman, Joe Kubert, Greg Pak, Pascal Croci, Michel Kichka, Ari Folman, David Polonski, Rutu Modan, Asaf Hanuka, Uri Fink, Shai Cherka and others.

Some of the works were written and drawn by Holocaust survivors, and others by the second and third-generation survivors. A special section of the exhibition is devoted to the comics Zándlužandó that was written by the young boy Ivan Polak in the Terezin Ghetto and survived in its entirety. 
This is an opportunity to explore the unique ways in which the ninth art deals with the subject of the Holocaust, while acquainting young people with this complex topic through the familiar world of children and children’s superheroes that arouse both identification and empathy. 

Comics artists had to wait years until it was culturally legitimate to couple this medium with the Holocaust. The story of Anne Frank, who became the symbol of young Holocaust victims, has been the focal point of numerous adaptations of comics that began to appear at the beginning of the 1960s in the west, heralding the depiction of children in the Holocaust in international comics.

Awareness of the subject has grown in recent years owing to works such as “The Second Generation”, “The Asset”, “The Shelter”, and “Anna Frank – The Graphic Diary”. However, nonetheless, most of the public in Israel cannot imagine that the art of comics can contend with such a loaded topic such as the Holocaust. 

The exhibition will display the first comics works created by female survivors:
“Tika’s Journey” by Esther Shekin
“We Are on our Own”, by  Miriam Katin
“Out of the Darkness” – the story of the Holocaust survivor Rivka Kahana, in the work of Jacky Yarhi
For the first time – Jewish Orthodox comics that focus on the Jews of Ashkenaz and the Jews of North Africa
22 issues of the magazine with the comics Zándlužandó created by the 15-year old young boy Ivan Polak in Ghetto Terezin.
Maus – among the most important graphic novels in the 20th century which proved to the entire world that the comics genre can be a penetrating personal document about the Holocaust.
A special section is dedicated to Anne Frank’s diary and surveys the history of the graphic adaptations of this work, including Japanese Manga style adaptations and an analysis of the graphic diary.

from the exhibition "Beyond the line 3". Wrote and painted: Shai Tzarka
תמונה
Leading image of the exhibition. Michelle Kischka
מחושב-שנה 2018
מחושב-חודש 11
קישור נוסף
קבצים מצורפים

“A Million and a Half”

Childhood in the Holocaust through the Prism of Comics
Leading image of the exhibition. Michelle Kischka
A first of its kind exhibition in Israel. No visitor will remain indifferent! Part of the 2018 winter exhibitions at the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics

Surprising, smart and heart-rending perspectives of artists, including rare works, from graphic novels and stories of superheroes, and from autobiographic and pseudo-autobiographic stories to well-known masterpieces 

Curator: Michal Paz-Klapp. October 24, 2018 to April 2019

As strange as it may sound, comics, children and the Holocaust are closely linked.

Comic works about the life of children in the Holocaust already appeared during the war, and the trend grew over the years. Heroic children, warrior children, children who were victims, children “hangmen”,childhood dreams and childhood memories – are all depicted repeatedly on the comics bookshelf about the Holocaust.
 
The first of its kind exhibition in Israel will open on October 24, 2018 at the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics in Holon: A Million and a Half Childhood in the Holocaust through the Prism of Comics. The exhibition will display known and rare comic works as well as works never before exhibited on the sensitive issue of childhood during the Holocaust.

The exhibition presents different perspectives about children and childhood during the Holocaust as portrayed in graphic novels from Israel and around the world, and examines the central trends and their significance. The exhibition features works that appeal to a diverse audience (adults, youth, religious orthodox and others) of key artists, among them Art Spiegelman, Joe Kubert, Greg Pak, Pascal Croci, Michel Kichka, Ari Folman, David Polonski, Rutu Modan, Asaf Hanuka, Uri Fink, Shai Cherka and others.

Some of the works were written and drawn by Holocaust survivors, and others by the second and third-generation survivors. A special section of the exhibition is devoted to the comics Zándlužandó that was written by the young boy Ivan Polak in the Terezin Ghetto and survived in its entirety. 
This is an opportunity to explore the unique ways in which the ninth art deals with the subject of the Holocaust, while acquainting young people with this complex topic through the familiar world of children and children’s superheroes that arouse both identification and empathy. 

Comics artists had to wait years until it was culturally legitimate to couple this medium with the Holocaust. The story of Anne Frank, who became the symbol of young Holocaust victims, has been the focal point of numerous adaptations of comics that began to appear at the beginning of the 1960s in the west, heralding the depiction of children in the Holocaust in international comics.

Awareness of the subject has grown in recent years owing to works such as “The Second Generation”, “The Asset”, “The Shelter”, and “Anna Frank – The Graphic Diary”. However, nonetheless, most of the public in Israel cannot imagine that the art of comics can contend with such a loaded topic such as the Holocaust. 

The exhibition will display the first comics works created by female survivors:
“Tika’s Journey” by Esther Shekin
“We Are on our Own”, by  Miriam Katin
“Out of the Darkness” – the story of the Holocaust survivor Rivka Kahana, in the work of Jacky Yarhi
For the first time – Jewish Orthodox comics that focus on the Jews of Ashkenaz and the Jews of North Africa
22 issues of the magazine with the comics Zándlužandó created by the 15-year old young boy Ivan Polak in Ghetto Terezin.
Maus – among the most important graphic novels in the 20th century which proved to the entire world that the comics genre can be a penetrating personal document about the Holocaust.
A special section is dedicated to Anne Frank’s diary and surveys the history of the graphic adaptations of this work, including Japanese Manga style adaptations and an analysis of the graphic diary.

from the exhibition "Beyond the line 3". Wrote and painted: Shai Tzarka
Posted on: 11/8/2018