Two Roses - Hardcover

Lipszyc, Rose

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1487559194 ISBN 13: 9781487559199

Publisher: New Jewish Press, 2025

Synopsis

Two Roses depicts the heartbreaking story of Holocaust survivors Rose Lipszyc and Rose Finkielsztajn as presented in graphic narrative form. Produced as part of the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, it is a powerful account of sacrifice, survival, and solidarity.
Born in Lubin, Poland in 1929, Rose Lipszyc was only ten years old when Nazi Germany invaded Poland setting off the Second World War. In October 1942, as her family was being deported from their home in Osmolice, Rose managed to escape sure death. While on their way to the train station, Rose’s mother pushed her out of line to help her get away, sacrificing herself for the sake of her daughter. Barely a teenager, Rose fled with the help of strangers and friends by using a false identity. She was then reunited with her aunt in Lublin, and the pair went on to work as forced labourers in a factory in Bremen, Germany by impersonating Polish gentile sisters. Depicting how these two women came together and survived the war under vulnerable aliases, Two Roses portrays the incredible depth of their connection and perseverance even as most of their family and relatives were being killed.
Once liberated, Rose settled in Toronto and in 2021, she was awarded the Order of Canada for her work in Holocaust education. A co-creation between award-winning graphic novelist Miriam Libicki and survivor Rose Lipszyc, this book disrupts the narratives of victimization that often undermine the stories of Holocaust survivors. Instead of painting victims of human rights abuse as mere case studies, this book illuminates a crucial part of our shared history with radical care, honesty, and creativity.

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About the Authors

Graphic novelist Miriam Libicki is a sessional instructor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. A recipient of the career achievement Inkpot at San Diego Comic-Con, Libicki has published widely and received many awards for her comic arts work .

Holocaust educator and survivor Rose Lipszyc was awarded the Order of Canada in 2021. Lipszyc still meets with Canadian and Polish youth to recount her wartime fate as a witness to history.

Award-winning author Mark Celinscak is the Louis and Frances Blumkin professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Executive Director of the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Charlotte Schallié is a professor of Germanic Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Victoria. Her areas of interests include memory studies, visual culture studies, genocide education, care ethics, and more. She also edited the award-winning collection of graphic novels But I Live.

Timothy Snyder holds the inaugural Temerty Chair in Modern European History at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.

Edition details

• Publisher: New Jewish Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1487559194
• ISBN 13: 9781487559199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Libicki Miriam
• Number of pages: 104
• Editor: Schallié Charlotte, Celinscak Mark