Nora Krug

Award-winning author and illustrator Nora Krug has been living in New York for over 12 years, is married to an American Jew, and feels more German than ever. Where does this come from? And who is she?

Nora Krug wonders what her homeland means to her and embarks on a literary and graphical search for traces of her family’s past: What did her grandfather’s driving school have to do with the Jewish entrepreneur, whose chauffeur he was before the war? And what do the swastika-decorated school essays say about their uncle, who died at age 18 during World War II?

Krug combines her drawn and handwritten illustrated tales combined with photographs, archives, and flea market finds, adding a new dimension to the story. Heimat is a unique work of art, in which family history meets contemporary history. A graphic memoir, lively, true and poetic.