Ich, René Tardi, Kriegsgefangener im Stalag II B

Jacques Tardi draws from his own father's wartime diaries to craft this stark, personal account of a French soldier's experience as a prisoner of war in Stalag II B. Published by Edition Moderne from 2012 to 2019, the three-part series pairs Tardi's signature detailed, somber artwork with co-writing by Christoph Schuler, grounding a harrowing historical reality in intimate, unflinching storytelling. It stands as a vital, human-scale document of a lesser-seen corner of World War II, rendered by one of Europe's most celebrated cartoonists.