"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
year: 2015
call number/section: 920, 305.9, 741.5, 1000, 943.1
subjects: schwartz, simon, 1982-, comic books, strips, etc, family, cartoons and comics, political persecution, germany (east), comic books, strips, etc, berlin wall, berlin, germany, 1961-1989, cartoons and comics, political refugees, biography, germany (east), comic books, strips, etc, berlin (germany), cartoons and comics, biography, comic, books, strips, etc, germany (west), electronic books
Editions
Schwartz, Simon
Graphic Universe (2015)
"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
Schools: 7
Schwartz, Simon
A graphic novel chronicling the lives of the author and illustrator's parents in East Germany, before the Berlin Wall fell, while the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was in power. Explores the hardships of life under communism and why the author's parents tried to leave and get into West Germany.
Schools: 7
Schwartz, Simon
A graphic novel chronicling the lives of the author and illustrator's parents in East Germany, before the Berlin Wall fell, while the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was in power. Explores the hardships of life under communism and why the author's parents tried to leave and get into West Germany.
Schools: 1