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Holocaust Stories

Today we flip off the Holocaust deniers and talk about five graphic novels that highlight stories about the Holocaust, both during it and the long term impact. For Justice tells the story of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, who sought justice for Holocaust survivors. Irena Book 1 - Wartime Ghetto tells the story of a polish woman who worked with others to save thousands of Jewish children. Michel Kichka's Second Generation: The Things I Didn't Tell My Father he tells the story of growing up in a generation after the Holocaust with a father who was a survivor. Wannsee tells the horrific story of a business meeting when the SS decided how to attempt to kill a race of people. We'll Soon Be Home Again tells the individual stories of children survivors of the Holocaust.

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Miskatonic Literature 209: Graphic Literature in Society and History

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Rogan Hamby

In one universe Rogan went to a small library arts college and became a librarian, software dev, father and not a shut in (mostly). But in the universe of the Comics Course Rogan went to Miskatonic University and became a literature professor and now teaches in the remote education department a course about the role of graphic literature in the context of society and history. Welcome!