"Survivor's Echo" is a graphic novel created by Polina Skorobohach (Ukraine), Anna-Lisa Hotynchan (Ukraine), Helena Dietl (Germany), Zlatotsvieta Seredenko (Ukraine), and Sofia Boshtan (Ukraine).
Based on Centropa's interview with Teofila Silbering, this graphic novel serves as a poignant reminder that "history dies if we don't tell it".
Born 1925 into an assimilated Jewish family in Krakow, Poland, Teofila (or Tosia) enjoyed a comfortable childhood with a strong emphasis on education and culture. This life was abruptly ended by the Holocaust, when Tosia was a forced laborer in the Krakow Ghetto, subjected to medical experiments in Auschwitz-Birkenau and survived other camps before being liberated in 1945. Upon her return to Krakow, Tosia found out that her entire family had perished and that her home had been lost to her. Nevertheless, she kept going and rebuilt her life after the War. Tosia studied at the Jagiellonian University, married chemical engineer Adam Silberring in 1947 and raised a son, Jerry. Throughout her life, Tosia carried forward the value her father instilled in her throughout her childhood: that learning was essential.