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susi_sternchen's review against another edition
[Ich werde keine Sterne vergeben, da es sich um wahre Begebenheiten handelt.]
Das war meine erste Graphic Novel- normalerweise stelle ich mir das Geschriebene lieber selbst im Kopf vor, als dass es bereits (fertig) vor mir liegt. Doch hierbei muss ich Zugeständnisse machen: die Illustrationen trafen die Stimmung astrein und ließen die gezeichneten Figuren wie die echten Menschen wirken.
Das eindrucksvollste Bild befindet sich auf der Seite 162: es handelt sich um eine Aufnahme aus dem Gerichtssaal während der Anklage von Herbert Hagen, Kurt Lischka und Ernst Heinrichsohn. Um sie herum sind „Geister“ von ermordeten Juden zu erkennen, die auf die gerechte Strafe hoffen.
Als reine Biografie (aufgrund vieler Namen) vermutlich zu unübersichtlich. Doch als Graphic Novel hingegen passend.
Das war meine erste Graphic Novel- normalerweise stelle ich mir das Geschriebene lieber selbst im Kopf vor, als dass es bereits (fertig) vor mir liegt. Doch hierbei muss ich Zugeständnisse machen: die Illustrationen trafen die Stimmung astrein und ließen die gezeichneten Figuren wie die echten Menschen wirken.
Das eindrucksvollste Bild befindet sich auf der Seite 162: es handelt sich um eine Aufnahme aus dem Gerichtssaal während der Anklage von Herbert Hagen, Kurt Lischka und Ernst Heinrichsohn. Um sie herum sind „Geister“ von ermordeten Juden zu erkennen, die auf die gerechte Strafe hoffen.
Als reine Biografie (aufgrund vieler Namen) vermutlich zu unübersichtlich. Doch als Graphic Novel hingegen passend.
uosdwisrdewoh's review against another edition
4.0
This comic book adaptation of the memoirs of a fervent Nazi-hunting couple serves as both a great introduction to their lives and an involving read in its own right. After World War II, Serge, who lost his father to the Holocaust in the French occupation, and Beate, a fiercely independent German, married and rallied furiously to bring hidden Nazis to justice.
I feared that this would be a stiff adaptation, but the story is immediately griping, with Pascal Bresson’s interleaved flashbacks (set off magnificently in different hues through Sylvain Dorange’s artwork) throwing you right into the eventful lives and fierce activism of this fascinating couple.
At times the dense layering of names can overwhelm, leading the reader to flip back to previous pages more than in other comics, but this would be hard to avoid when adopting real-life memoirs that would naturally be more complicated and less neat than fiction. These events have been simplified, I’m sure, but the book retains a nice balance.
Mark Waid’s adaptation of the dialogue is also top notch, as far as I can tell even improving the conversational flow from the original French.
The final scene jumps to the present day, and is a bit of an exposition dump; it’s the comic equivalent of the blocks of on-screen text at the end of documentaries. It’s not the smoothest conclusion, but it allows most of the preceding scenes to focus on the more gripping sections of their early life while giving some closure on later developments that don’t lend themselves as readily to dramatic staging.
In the end, I was impressed by this and would love to dive into the prose memoirs from which this is adapted.
I feared that this would be a stiff adaptation, but the story is immediately griping, with Pascal Bresson’s interleaved flashbacks (set off magnificently in different hues through Sylvain Dorange’s artwork) throwing you right into the eventful lives and fierce activism of this fascinating couple.
At times the dense layering of names can overwhelm, leading the reader to flip back to previous pages more than in other comics, but this would be hard to avoid when adopting real-life memoirs that would naturally be more complicated and less neat than fiction. These events have been simplified, I’m sure, but the book retains a nice balance.
Mark Waid’s adaptation of the dialogue is also top notch, as far as I can tell even improving the conversational flow from the original French.
The final scene jumps to the present day, and is a bit of an exposition dump; it’s the comic equivalent of the blocks of on-screen text at the end of documentaries. It’s not the smoothest conclusion, but it allows most of the preceding scenes to focus on the more gripping sections of their early life while giving some closure on later developments that don’t lend themselves as readily to dramatic staging.
In the end, I was impressed by this and would love to dive into the prose memoirs from which this is adapted.
czarinalim's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
bet27's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't realize how difficult it was, nor how long it took to bring known Nazis to justice after WWII. And to find out that this young married couple took it as their life's mission to fight for justice on behalf of those tortured and killed was remarkable. I love that their story was brought into the graphic realm, and somehow the author and illustrator managed to bring a lot of research and tedious legal/political interactions to life in a way that kept me caring about what all their work was for.
whitecat5000's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
This was an amazing story about an important piece of history.