In 2019, Emmie Arbel met comic book artist Barbara Yelin. Arbel survived the Holocaust. As a child, she was held in three concentration camps. Her mother died in Bergen-Belsen, and her father in Buchenwald.

In *The Color of Memory*, Barbara Yelin tells the story of Emmie Arbel, a story that does not end with the liberation of the concentration camps. Emmie Arbel was abused by her foster father in the Netherlands. It took decades before she began to speak about all of this. For a long time, no one took an interest in her story, not even in her new home, Israel. At the same time, Emmie Arbel looks back on a life full of rebellion and the search for self-determination. Yelin’s text and images bear witness to a search for this life, both biographically and artistically. They also explore how memory works, what it looks like, what significance it holds, and where its limits lie.

The exhibition features original watercolors by the multi-award-winning comic artist Barbara Yelin, along with excerpts from the comic and numerous working sketches. It offers a glimpse into an impressive collaboration.

The comic was created as part of the Canadian project “Survivor-Centered Visual Narratives,” which brings together genocide survivors and artists. They strive to preserve these testimonies and, above all, make them accessible to younger generations. The exhibition at the Buchenwald Memorial is part of “Where the Lemons Glow: Villa Massimo Visits Weimar—Festival of Rome Prize Winners 2024/25/26.”

The exhibition catalog, Barbara Yelin, *Emmie Arbel: The Color of Memory* (Reprodukt, Berlin 2023), is also available in our bookstore.