Cipele za trčanje

Abstract

"Cipele za trčanje" je dramatizovana grafička novela o stradanju Jevreja u Pančevu i Beogradu, bazirana na stvarnim istorijskim likovima i događajima, Svedočanstvima, istorijskoj dokumentaciji i građi. Tomislav Fišer je jedanaestogodišnji dečak iz Pančeva koji živi u Pančevu sa svojom porodicom: mlađom sestrom Sarom, majkom Klaru i ocem Leom, a tu je i omiljeni stric Jovan koji živi u Beogradu. U prizemlju njihove kuće je prodavnica "Ofner i sin" koju je osnovao Klarin otac, u kojoj Tomislavov otac radi. Posle škole Tomislav se često igra sa drugarima Miroslavom i Johanom. U nacionalno raznolikoj banatskoj sredini, Tomislav je Jevrejin, Miroslav Srbin a Johan banatski Nemac, što im ni najmanje ne smeta da budu dobri drugari i da zajedno navijaju za pančevačkig atletičara Julija Bauera, reprezentativca Jugoslavije u trčanju na 100 metara koji je boje Jugoslavije branio na Evropskom prvenstvu u atletici u Italiji, i na Olimpijadi u Nemačkoj. Tu je i devojčica Agnes, kojoj se Tomislav potajno sviđa. Kada su Tomislav i njegova sestra Sara u poseti kod strica Jovana u Beogradu, posetiće i knjižaru Gece Kona i probati čuveni kakao u "Ruskom caru". Ali sa nemačkom okupacijom sve se menja i Pančevo se pretvara u mesto terora i zločina. Nakon što su proterani preko Dunava, u Beogradu više nema knjižare Gece Kona, a na izlozima su plakati koji najavljuju "Antimasonsku izložbu"…"Cipele za trčanje" je priča o stradanju Jevreja u Banatu za vreme Holokausta, i o komplikovanim moralnim dilemama koje se nameću u teškim situacijama, ispričana iz perspektive dečaka Tomislava Fišera.

"Running Shoes" is a dramatized graphic novel about the destiny of the Jews in the Banat region in Serbia. Tomislav Fišer is an eleven-year-old boy, who lives in the town of Pančevo with his family: his younger sister Sara, his mother Klara and father Leo. In the ground floor of their house, they have a family-run shop "Ofner and son". After school, Tomislav often plays with his classmates Miroslav and Johan. In the ethnically diverse region of Banat, Tomislav, Miroslav and Johan - a Jew, a Serb and a Banat Swabian (ethnic German), face no obstacles to being good friends and fans of a town’s most famous athlete Julije Bauer, a member of Yugoslav national team, sprinter and holder of the national record on 100 metres, who competed in European Athletics Championship in Italy and the Olympic Games in Berlin. There is also a little girl Agnes, who likes Tomislav secretly. Aleksandar’s favourite uncle Jovan lives in Belgrade. When Tomislav and his sister Sara go to see uncle Jovan in Belgrade, they will visit the Geca Kon’s bookshop and try well-known cacao shake in the famous cafe "Ruski car" ("The Russian Tsar"). But when Germans occupied the country, everything will change and Pančevo will turn into a place of terror and crime. Being deported from Pančevo over the Danube river together with the rest of the Jews from Banat, they end up in Belgrade again. Tomislav, Sara and the mother will find that the Geca Kon’s bookshop turned into a German bookshop "Südost" and the shop windows are covered with the placards announcing "The Grand Anti-Masonic Exhibition"... "The Running Shoes" is a story about complex moral dilemmas imposed under difficult circumstances, all this told from the perspective of a young Jewish boy Tomislav.