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Foreign students, for whom Nazism and Communism might seem like something from a distant galaxy, can see that these despotic systems not long ago dominated large parts of Europe, causing immense misery and hardship. By basing the comic book on individuals' personal stories, the compilers help students understand the wrenching dilemmas and choices that ordinary people had to face so often when living under Nazism and Communism. --Mark Kramer, director of the Project on Cold War Studies, Harvard University Any young reader who comes across this vivid glimpse into the insanity and cruelty of the Nazis and Communists will be grateful they were born in another age. --Paul Dowswell, author of the award-winning novels The Auslander and Sektion 20 The first Czech documentary comic has fulfilled its task--to illuminate recent history for a broader audience, especially the younger generation. --Katerina Copjakova lidovky.cz, on the Czech edition Under totalitarian regimes comics served as propaganda or were completely divorced from social and cultural reality; these comics show that today the form can be used with powerful effect to tackle the most serious of issues. --Tereza Drahonovska iDnes, on the Czech edition For schools this is recommended reading at its very best. I should also point out, especially for ravenous readers like myself--it is IMPOSSIBLE to put down. --Milos Urban Respekt, on the Czech edition This document, We're Still at War, captures reality to such a degree that teachers should seriously consider adding it to the curriculum. --Magdalena Cechlovska Hospodarske Noviny, on the Czech edition We're Still at War vividly captures the often harrowing, but always riveting lives, of thirteen unlucky Czechs who lived during the Nazi and Communist domination of their homeland. The book's thirteen graphic artists employ a fascinating array of aesthetic approaches to recreate an impressively broad range of personal stories, from those who struggled against repression to those who contributed to it. An excellent text for a vigorous discussion of an era when individuals faced no good choices, but some remained true to their ideals despite the dreadful costs to themselves and their loved ones. --Benjamin Frommer, Northwestern University In the tradition of Art Spiegelman's Maus, We're Still at War claims the comic strip for historical testimony. Thirteen victims bear witness to totalitarianism, their stories rendered in discrete frames that accumulate to chilling consequence. Taken together, they admit liberation to be a longed for, if necessarily unfinished, project. --Suzanne Hudson, University of Southern California

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Founded in 2001, Post Bellum is a nonprofit organization that documents the memories of witnesses to important historical phenomena of twentieth-century Czechoslovakia and then relates these stories to the broader public. The testimonies are published at the online archive Memory of Nations www.memoryofnations.eu.

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