They Called Us Enemy

George Takeis Autobiographie weißt in einer packenden Art auf einen häufig überlegenen Aspekt während des 2 Weltkriegs hin: das Leiden der Japanese-Americans. Er berichtet von seinen kindlichen Erinnerungen an den Beginn der Diskriminierung, bis hin zur Zeit in den Konzentrationslagern und die Schwierigkeiten des Lebens danach.

This graphic novel is a well-written account of an often overlooked historical event that has impacted whole generations of Japanese Americans. Readers do not have to expect this book to be quite as gripping as “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, which is another biographical graphic novel set in the same time period, but nonetheless it leaves one with a lasting impact and me the impression: I am glad to have read it and to now know better about these events.