1. Introduction 2. Case study: National Socialist Persecution and Genocide in Contemporary US Comic Books 3. Childhood Memories of the Holocaust and Vichy 4. Barefoot Gen and Hiroshima: Comic Strip Narratives of Trauma 5. Conclusion
Comics and the Holocaust breaks new ground for cultural history by exploring the relationship between comics as a cultural record, historiography, memory and trauma studies. Comics have a dual role as sources: for gauging awareness of the Holocaust and through close analysis, as testimonies and narratives of childhood emotions and experiences.