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Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory
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Expected 3 Mar 26Arrested with her family in her native Holland, deported, held in a series of Nazi concentration camps, and orphaned – all by the age of seven – Emmie Arbel transformed her childhood survival into a lifelong mission to stand against any such other horrors. With her home now in Israel, to where she and her brother emigrated with their foster-parents in the wake of the Holocaust, she still frequently travels abroad to report and record her testimony.
Working closely with Emmie herself, the acclaimed German graphic artist Barbara Yelin has created a brilliant portrait – what she calls a “visual biography” – of this remarkable woman: her rebellious spirit, her resilient humour, the seriousness of her contemplation. “Surviving is not over,” Emmie reflects. “Surviving is every day.”
Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory is at once a haunting portrayal of a historical atrocity; an inspiring account of a modern friendship; a beautiful work of art; and a meditation on memory itself. Because, as Barbara Yelin has put it, “The long arms of history wrap right around the present.”
Working closely with Emmie herself, the acclaimed German graphic artist Barbara Yelin has created a brilliant portrait – what she calls a “visual biography” – of this remarkable woman: her rebellious spirit, her resilient humour, the seriousness of her contemplation. “Surviving is not over,” Emmie reflects. “Surviving is every day.”
Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory is at once a haunting portrayal of a historical atrocity; an inspiring account of a modern friendship; a beautiful work of art; and a meditation on memory itself. Because, as Barbara Yelin has put it, “The long arms of history wrap right around the present.”
192 pages, Hardcover
Expected publication March 3, 2026
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Barbara Yelin
23 books23 followersBarbara Yelin, geb. 1977 in München.
2004 Diplom der Illustration an der HAW Hamburg. Barbara Yelin lebt und arbeitet als Comiczeicherin und Illustratorin zur Zeit in Berlin und München.
Barbara Yelin (born 1977 in Munich) studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She lives and works in Berlin and Munich as illustrator and comic book artist. Her comic novels include »Le Visiteur« (2004), »Le Retard« (2006), both published by Actes Sud/L’An 2, and »Gift« (2010, with Peer Meter) published by Reprodukt. Since 2005 she has been contributor and co-editor of SPRING, the annual magazine of women illustrators and comic artists. In 2011, she was commissioned to run a series of comic workshops in Cairo on behalf of the Goethe-Institute Cairo. In winter 2011/12, she taught as a visiting professor at the »Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar« in Saarbrücken (Germany), presenting a seminar on Graphic Novels.
2004 Diplom der Illustration an der HAW Hamburg. Barbara Yelin lebt und arbeitet als Comiczeicherin und Illustratorin zur Zeit in Berlin und München.
Barbara Yelin (born 1977 in Munich) studied illustration at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. She lives and works in Berlin and Munich as illustrator and comic book artist. Her comic novels include »Le Visiteur« (2004), »Le Retard« (2006), both published by Actes Sud/L’An 2, and »Gift« (2010, with Peer Meter) published by Reprodukt. Since 2005 she has been contributor and co-editor of SPRING, the annual magazine of women illustrators and comic artists. In 2011, she was commissioned to run a series of comic workshops in Cairo on behalf of the Goethe-Institute Cairo. In winter 2011/12, she taught as a visiting professor at the »Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar« in Saarbrücken (Germany), presenting a seminar on Graphic Novels.
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