My Father Bleeds History by Art SpiegelmanCall Number: D 804.3 .S66 1986
ISBN: 0394541553
Publication Date: 1991-11-01
Spiegelman interviewed his father, Vladek, a Holocaust survivor living outside New York City, about his experiences. He then deftly translated that story into a graphic novel. By portraying a true story of the Holocaust in comic form--the Jews are mice, the Germans cats, the Poles pigs, the French frogs, and the Americans dogs--Spiegelman compels the reader to imagine the action, to fill in the blanks that are so often shied away from. Reading Maus, you are forced to examine the Holocaust anew.