Maus

Maus A Survivor's Tale is an autobiography by Art Spiegelman, told using the comics form. Parts of the story were originally published in the magazine RAW between 1980 to 1991The complete story was published in two volumes: the first in 1986 ("My Father Bleeds History") and the second in 1991 ("And Here My Troubles Began"). The graphic novel as a whole took thirteen years to complete. It recounts the struggle of Spiegelman's father to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew and draws largely on his recollections of his experiences. The author employs various animals to represent different nationalities. The Jews are represented by mice. The Germans are represented by cats. The Poles are represented by pigs. The Americans are represented by dogs. The French are represented by frogs. The British are represented by fish. Two children of a Jew and a German are shown as a mouse with cat stripes The Russians are represented by bears. The Koreans are represented by monkeys. The Czechs are represented by rabbits.