The other side of the Wall
By: Simon Schwartz ; translated by Laura Watkinson
Contributors: Watkinson, Laura, tr
Edition: 1st American ed. published in 2015 by Graphic Universe.
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781467758406; 9781467760287
Subjects: Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989; Family; Cartoons and comics; Juvenile literature; Political refugees; Political persecution
Description: Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in East Germany, at a time when the repressive Socialist Unity Party of Germany controlled the area. Shortly before Simon's birth, his parents decided to leave their home in search of greater freedoms on the other side of the Berlin Wall. But East German authorities did not allow the Schwartzes to leave for almost three years. In the meantime, Simon's parents struggled with the costs of their decision: the loss of work, the attention of the East German secret police, and the fragmentation of their family.In his debut graphic novel, Simon Schwartz tells the true story of his parents' coming of age in East Germany, their rejection of the communist way of life, and the challenges of leaving that world behind.

This graphic novel memoir chronicles a family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall.
Notes: Translation of: Druben!.

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