SPIEGELMAN-MAUS

Maus is about the story of Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, and his experience as a Polish Jew during the Holocaust. It si also the story of Spiegelman’s interactions with his father as he visits his father to record his memories. All characters are represented as animals: the Jews as mice, the Germans as cats, the Americans as dogs, etc. Maus depicts the terrifying reality of the Holocaust, the genocide of millions of Jews by Nazi during World War II.