Letting It Go #[nn]
In *Letting It Go* (2013), Miriam Katin, the acclaimed cartoonist and Holocaust survivor, confronts a personal and generational rift when her son chooses to reclaim Hungarian citizenship and settle in Berlin. Through her own hand—writing, drawing, coloring, and lettering—she chronicles the emotional journey of visiting her son in the city of her past trauma, slowly navigating grief, memory, and the quiet possibility of release. The story culminates in her voluntary return to Berlin for the opening of a major exhibition featuring her art at the Jewish Museum, a moment of profound personal reckoning.
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Miriam Katin, a survivor of the Holocaust years, is deeply disturbed by her son's decision to seek Hungarian citizenship, and to take up residence in Berlin. She reluctantly helps with the citizenship process, and visits him Berlin. She slowly begins to let go of some of her abhorrence. When the Jewish Museum in Berlin includes her art in a major exhibition, she returns to Berlin for the opening at her own expense and on her own volition.
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