‘It leaves holes inside of you’: graphic novel aims to remember the history and horror of genocide

Dana Mashoian Walrath’s The Book of Genocides is an audacious and personal new look at genocides from Germany to Palestine The artist Dana Mashoian Walrath’s new book honours the Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust.

But she also expects it to get her banned from Israel.

That is because The Book of Genocides also contains a chapter that portrays Palestinians forced to live as second-class citizens and watch their homes bulldozed or bombed.

“What does it mean to be starved?” the narrative asks.

“To know that perpetrators have themselves experienced genocide and now commit genocide against you?” Continue reading...