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New French edition of Graphic Memoir

The French edition of the graphic version of The Boy Who Didn’t Want To Die was published at the beginning of June 2025 by Albin Michel in Paris.

Jewish Chronicle article: ‘Holocaust survivors return to Bergen-Belsen to mark 80th anniversary of their liberation’

By Rachel Coussins in Bergen-Belsen

‘Peter Lantos is a surprisingly cheeky chap for a Holocaust survivor in his mid-eighties. He’s not a man who wears his trauma on his sleeve. But on a quiet moment at Bergen Belsen, Peter told me why he felt he really needed to come back to the Nazi death camp for the 80th anniversary of its liberation.’

Sun Headline: ‘80 YEARS ON, SURVIVORS AND SOLDIERS RECALL HORROR OF DEATH CAMP’

 

Peter Lantos at Westminster City School and interviewed on BBC Breakfast

Westminster City School welcomed Peter Lantos to speak to students who are members of the Debate Club about his experiences surviving the Holocaust.

https://www.wcsch.com/538/latest-news/post/622/bbc-breakfast-broadcast-holocaust-survivor-peter-lantos-bem

This session was filmed by crew members from BBC Breakfast and aired on Tuesday 7 January 2025.

Launch of graphic memoir in London, January 2025

The graphic memoir edition of The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Die illustrated by the artist Victoria Stebleva and published in a graphic format by Scholastic Books was launched on 7 January 2025 at Daunt Books Marylebone, in London.

Copies of the book were on sale and Peter Lantos signed them and spoke to his readers.

Copies of the book were on sale and Peter Lantos signed them and spoke to his readers. Photo: Richard Bates

Peter Lantos spoke briefly about the book to those gathered in the bookshop, with his editor at his side.

Peter Lantos spoke briefly about the book to those gathered in the bookshop, with his editor at his side. Photo: Christopher Sherwood