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Vladek is taken on a train Art Spiegelman is the writer of towards the Swiss border Maus 2. This book is known asto a be exchanged for prisoners Holocaust sensation. Art of war. It is a passenger Spiegelman was born in train with seats, in contrast Stockholm, on February to the cattle cars of 15, the last 1948. He grew up in Rego Park, train in which he traveled. NY. Attended the M.S the of art However, before train anddesign, reaches followed border they by two areand made to out and walk a half years at get Harper College, towards the frontier. On SUNY Binghamton and a month their way, they are stopped in Binghamton State Mental by their guards and made to Hospital. He received an stand in place for hours. honorary doctorate ofsuspensful? letters released. Sound from SUNY Binghamton in June Purchase the book for 1995. $14.00

Fan raves! Maus 2 is a Holocaust Sensation! No one has ever expressed such honesty about the topic. Love it! Number 1 pick! Paula Archumanago I love the book! It is so relatable, especially to my two childrenRaven Black I never regretted purchasing this book. It is a dream come trueAntwanette Grey

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Maus 2 is a trending topic! The book written by Art Spiegelman is educational to children who want to learn about the Holocaust. It is also helpful to the survivors, and other general audiences.

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It is autumn in Rego Park. Clearly lonely and depressed, Vladek talks to his son about money, wondering why he has saved his whole life if all he has now is diabetes and an emergency oxygen bottle. He asks Art again to move in with him, and Art once again refuses, telling his father that he should find himself a live-in nurse. Ending this conversation, Vladek asks his son for help putting in the storm windows in his house, but Art delays, asking his father to tell him more about the Holocaust. He asks his father how Anja survived the end of the war. Though Vladek's memories of this are not so clear, he tells his son that she was taken from Auschwitz earlier than Vladek and marched through Gross-Rosen, all the while being kept safe by Mancie. All Vladek really knows is that she was eventually released close to Russia and then made her way back to Sosnowiec. After the war, he looked hard for Mancie toin express his Art gratitude, but to Francoise and Art were enjoying their summer vacation with friends Vermont. was trying he never found her. make a comic, but he was having troubles. He finally decides. When suddenly he got a call....

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Dear Abby, Dear Racheal,

A whole group of authors are creating holocaust books I do understand your point. Sometimes it may seem like authors are continuosly ...why? Are they trying to fource us to feel sorry for the sharing their views anout the holocaust. people who survived and the people who died? Are But you would like to know why. Some of them are sharing there story with the they trying to teach us a lesson or something? We world ( and in return they get money). Some of the authors want to add on, or already know the sob story (not to be disrespectful) show that there veiw is the best. You never know what somebody else needed of those who suffered, so why keep lecturing us from the holocaust books. They may need it to be made humerous, over and over about it? understandable, or they want to hear a -- Racheal sad story. Whatever one works! But I do suggest that you purchase the Maus book 1 and 2. It has a bit of everything. Itss only 14 dollars.

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Dear John,

I think its really coinsidental how you I have read Maus 2, and I am impressed! It had a bit of and Art have sort of the same situation. The only difference is Art Humor and it kept my intrest! But it is quite relatable. went to stay with his dad (for that time period). My advise to you is : BE I have a father like Vladek. Hes a bit much too handle HONEST. Just tell hime how you feel. At times, but I love him. He wants me and girlfriend to Im sure hell understand, but if he doesnt take it well... start visiting him Come stay with him permanantly. He lives right around daily (do that anyway) and Im sure The corner. I dont want to spend my days with him... hell be happy. Good Luck But I worry too! Hes a bit... too annoying. What to do? --- John -- Abby

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Reporter: Ok Art! So youve done it again! Maus 2. What was your inspiration? Art: Well, my fathers story was most inspiring to me. Reporter: Why did you choose to write it in comic form, instead of a regular journal type book. Art: Im most comfertable writing comics, and I wanted this to come from my heart. Reporter: How do you think your father survived? Art: I think my dad used his mental skills and minipulation to get his way, and live. I also think it was Gods grace. Reporter: Is the information in this story exaggerated at all? Even the slightest bit. Art: No. Everything happened the way it happened in the story. But, you know how my father can be. He may have exaggerated the story, but not to my knowledge? Reporter: Why did you use cats, and mice as the characters in the story? Art: I took a film class taught by a friend which illuminated the connections between squeaky-clean cartoons like Mickey Mouse and more racist contemporary media of the day like "The Jazz Singer." Before deciding to use Maus's cat-and-mouse visual metaphor to dramatize Nazis and Jews, I toyed with the notion of exploring the impact of the Ku Klux Klan (or "Ku Klux Information Kats" as he says) in America. Title: Is Maus 2 anything else you would like to share Reporter: there with us? Author: Art Spiegelman Art: No. Youve covered everthing. Awards: Winner of the Pulitzer Price

the Swiss border to of Art towards Spiegelman is the writer be 2. exchanged foris prisoners Maus This book known as a of war. It is a passenger Holocaust sensation. Art train with seats, in contrast Spiegelman was born in to the cattle cars of the last Stockholm, on February 15, train in which he traveled. 1948. He grew up in Rego However, before the trainPark, NY.reaches Attended the they M.S are of art border made to get out and walk anddesign, followed by two and towards the On a half years at frontier. Harper College, their way, they are stopped SUNY Binghamton and a month by their guards and made to in Binghamton State Mental stand in place for hours. Hospital. He received an released. Sound suspensful? honorary doctorate letters Purchase the bookof for from SUNY Binghamton in June $14.00 1995.

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Acclaimed as a quiet triumph and a brutally moving work of art, the first volume of Art Spiegelmand Mau introduced readers to Vladek Spiegelman, story a Jewish survivor of Hitlers Europe, and his son, a cartoonist About: Holocausttrue trying to come to terms with his fathers terrifying story, and history itself. Also purchase: Daniels Story and Maus 1 Its form, the cartoon ( the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with the evnts described, approaching, as it does, the unspeakable though the diminutive.
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This second volume, subtitle and here my troubles began , moves us from barracks of Auschwitz to the bungalows of Catstills. Genuinely tragic and comic by turns, it attains a complexity of theme and precision of thought.

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Maus 2: A Holocaust Sensation. When representing an idea, it is important to realize that a representation is much different from the original idea and can never fully grasp its complexities. It is also important to remember that it is impossible to not represent the concept one is portraying. To portray something is to represent it. The trouble in conveying a historical event is that, as an author, one has the obligation of showing the reader that the authors representation is just that, a representation and not the original concept or the entirety of the event; nor told with absolute accuracy. Therefore, it is impossible for a narrative to express or truly capture the wholeness of the idea it is representing. This is a postmodern concept greatly understood by Art Spiegelman, author of Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began.