# Adieu Birkenau: Ginette Kolinka's Story of Survival - Hardcover

by **Ginette Kolinka** (Author)

**The graphic memoir of Ginette Kolinka, Holocaust survivor, educator, and "ambassador for the memory" of Auschwitz-Birkenau**

It is April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Ginette Kolinka arrives at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Her father and little brother are immediately gassed. Ginette is selected as a worker. She survives.

It is October 2020. Ninety-five-year-old Ginette takes advantage of a lull in the COVID-19 epidemic to accompany a group visiting Birkenau one last time. As a farewell, she brings with her a journalist, France Info's Victor Matet, and a comic strip writer, J-D Morvan.

From this trip a comic book is born. Ginette tells of her life before the war, how she discovered she was Jewish, how her family fled Paris before she and her father were denounced. She tells the story of the camp; completely, honestly, without seeking pity. We see her today, how she still shares her story with the world, how she still stands and bears witness.

Ginette tells everything with her trademark liveliness and biting humor. We often laugh, and sometimes we shudder. Because the story she tells is ours, too.

### Author Biography

**Ginette Kolinka** is a 98-year-old survivor of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp. Since the 2000s, she has been an "ambassador for memory" who speaks to young people about her experiences in the Shoah. In 2019, she and Marie Ruggieri published _Return to Birkenau_ (Grasset), as well as _A Happy Life_ in 2023. **Jean-David Morvan** is a comic book writer fascinated by issues relating to war. His work includes an adaptation of Dorgelès's _Les Croix de Bois_ with Facundo Percio (Albin Michel), the _Irena_ series with Tréfouël and Evrard (Glénat) and _Madeleine, résistante_ with Madeleine Riffaud and Dominic Bertail (Aire Libre). For the latter, he was awarded the René Goscinny Prize for best scriptwriter. **Victor Matet** is a journalist and presenter at France Info. He produced several reports on Ginette Kolinka before co-creating a comic strip about her. **Ricard Efa** is a self-taught comic book artist. He has published around twenty titles since 2001. He is particularly known for biographical comics such as _Django_ (Aire Libre) and _Degas ou Monet_ (Le Lombard). The latter earned him a nomination for an Eisner Award in 2018. He lives in Barcelona. **Cesc F. Dalmases**, born in Sabadell (Barcelona), is the author of various comic strips, including adaptations of such novels as _The Bridge of the Jews_ (Marti Gironell), _Victus_ (Alvert Sanchez Piñol), and _The Immortal Pyramid_ (Javier Sierra). His works have been translated into several languages. He often works on sports-themed comics, like _Barcelona: The School of Dreams_ and _Barcelona: Eternal Barcelona_ at Dupuis.

**Number of Pages:** 112

**Dimensions:** 0.55 x 10.45 x 7.69 IN

**Publication Date:** December 10, 2024

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