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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'The Jewish Brigade' with art and script by Morvano is a story that takes place in post-war Germany.
Ari and Leslie are two soldiers in a Jewish Brigade doing surveys of the German countryside. Along the way, they pick up a young girl names Safaya who has survived the war. They find a war criminal in hiding. They witness escaped Jewish prisoners being executed in the field. The Russian soldiers they meet are tolerant of them, barely, but let them go because they are British soldiers.
I was unfamiliar with this part of history, so I really enjoyed this graphic novel. The horror of post-war, the obviously bad feelings and the trauma of surviving are all here. The art is also really good.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Ari and Leslie are two soldiers in a Jewish Brigade doing surveys of the German countryside. Along the way, they pick up a young girl names Safaya who has survived the war. They find a war criminal in hiding. They witness escaped Jewish prisoners being executed in the field. The Russian soldiers they meet are tolerant of them, barely, but let them go because they are British soldiers.
I was unfamiliar with this part of history, so I really enjoyed this graphic novel. The horror of post-war, the obviously bad feelings and the trauma of surviving are all here. The art is also really good.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
dame_samara's review against another edition
3.0
While I found this interesting overall, I did find it hard to follow at points. I am unsure if it is just because of how small the timestamps are in the comic or if there isn't enough visual tell that we see a change in time, place, etc.
While I found the first 2/3 really interesting, the last third felt like it was written differently and did feel more like a piece of propaganda*.
Like much historical fiction, it must be done with good non-fiction resources to best consume this book.
*Propaganda: "Information, especially of a biased ... nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
While I found the first 2/3 really interesting, the last third felt like it was written differently and did feel more like a piece of propaganda*.
Like much historical fiction, it must be done with good non-fiction resources to best consume this book.
*Propaganda: "Information, especially of a biased ... nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
ljrinaldi's review against another edition
4.0
The thing I love about reading European comics is the different perspective they give, most notably history. I had never heard of the Jewish Brigade, that this first of three volumes is based on, but apparently it was a real division, and they were trying to help the survivors of the “camps”.
In this first volume, two members of the division, are hunting Nazis, and come across a Jewish girl who has been hiding out in a convent. That is where they discover a Nazi, and kill him.
They are not shy about announcing who they are, and why they are there.
So far, a well thought out story. I am curious to see what happen in the rest of the books in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
In this first volume, two members of the division, are hunting Nazis, and come across a Jewish girl who has been hiding out in a convent. That is where they discover a Nazi, and kill him.
They are not shy about announcing who they are, and why they are there.
So far, a well thought out story. I am curious to see what happen in the rest of the books in the series.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
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