They Called Us Enemy
Eine Kindheit im Internierungslager
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- $10.500
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- $10.500
Publisher Description
Ein dunkles Kapitel der US-Geschichte: In dieser beeindruckenden Graphic Novel schildert George Takei seine Erlebnisse in jenen Internierungslagern, die von den USA im 2. Weltkrieg für den Teil der Bevölkerung mit japanischen Wurzeln eingerichtet wurden. Die Welt des vierjährigen George verändert sich von dem einen Moment auf den anderen, als sich eines Morgens sein Heimatland im Krieg mit dem seines Vaters befindet. Seine ganze Familie? Plötzlich DER FEIND. Seine frühen Jahre in Sippenhaft machten Takei zu demjenigen, der er heute ist: Ein weltbekannter Bürgerrechts-Aktivist, Autor und beliebter Schauspieler.
Die Graphic Novel, kreiert von Takei und den Co-Autoren Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott sowie Zeichnerin Harmony Becker, liefert Antworten zu Fragen, die gerade im heutigen Amerika, geprägt durch neu aufflammende Konflikte innerhalb der Gesellschaft und mit anderen Nationen, wichtiger sind denn je: Was ist ein US-Amerikaner? Wer entscheidet dies? Wenn die Welt sich gegen dich wendet: Was kann ein einzelner Mensch bewirken?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Takei, best known for his role on Star Trek, relates the story of his family's internment during WWII in this moving and layered graphic memoir. Japanese-Americans were classified as "Alien Enemy" after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and were forced to relocate to camps when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. Takei, who was five years old, along with his father, mother, and young siblings, was held from 1942 through January 1946, first at Camp Rohwer, Arkansas, and then later at Tule Lake, Calif.. The manga-influenced art by Harmony Becker juxtaposes Takei's childlike wonder over the "adventure" of the train trip with the stress and worry carried by his parents. As much as possible, Takei's parents took pains to ensure their children were shielded from the reality of their situation, though Takei still relates traumas and humiliations (and a few funny stories). It was only years later, during talks with his father, that Takei was given insight into his past. As a teenager, Takei lashes out in anger over the treatment of Japanese-Americans, and his father calmly states that "despite all that we've experienced, our Democracy is still the best in the world." Takei takes that lesson to heart in a stirring speech he delivers at the FDR Library on the 75th anniversary of the Day of Remembrance. Using parallel scenes from Trump's travel ban, in the closing pages, Takei challenges Americans to look to how past humanitarian injustices speak to current political debates. Giving a personal view into difficult history, Takei's work is a testament to hope and tenacity in the face of adversity. (July)
