Nora Krug on Notions of Belonging and Historical Memory
55 Voices for Democracy – The Podcast
English - April 22, 2021 07:30 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MB - ★★★★ - 7 ratingsSociety & Culture Arts Books germany democracy lareviewofbooks politics thomasmann Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, illustrator and author Nora Krug talks about notions of belonging, nationalism, and the power of images. In conversation with our hosts Tom Zoellner and Aida Baghernejad, she reflects on issues of historical memory and responsibility, and how they can be tackled in the form of a graphic novel. Krug's graphic novel "Belonging: A German Reckons With History and Home" was honored with a 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award. It investigates her own family's WWII history in image and text.