“Maus” by Art Spiegelman

I finished reading the graphic novel called “Maus” by Art Spiegleman.

I loved this graphic novel. “Maus” was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1992.

I’m not sure what to say about it. There was humor, as well as deep pain and misery. To be honest for a second, I’ve grown up hearing a lot of Jewish jokes. You’ve probably heard some of them. Jokes regarding Jews and ovens and just really horrible things like that. I felt so disgusted with myself by participating in those kinds of jokes. This story was so raw in it’s truth. You hear a story of survival and death from the mouth of Vladek Spiegelman, father of Art Spiegelman. There was hope throughout this novel, but this hope shines itself twisted as you see how life is in present time.

Atleast, that’s how I felt in the end.

“The Jews are undoubtedly a race, but they are not human.”

-Adolf Hitler