Vocab
underground hiding space.
a bunker
narrates the story, drawing on interviews with his father regarding his experiences in during the Holocaust
Artie
The country the story takes place in
Poland
Vladek escaped from the first work camp on this day (Hint: The day Jews read a specific portion from the Torah)
Day of Parshas Truma
Country where Nazis are from
Germany
cloth manufactured into fabric by weaving or knitting
Textiles
the true protagonist of the story. often stationed on his excercise bike, explaining the details of his experiences throughout the war.
Vladek
the animal used to portray the Nazis
cat
Theme of Maus that's developed when Vladek tears up as he describes how his friends where hung in the street for selling cloth without coupons.
Answers may vary
(Something like: It's important to share painful memories of the past to educate future generations)
City where Vladek and Anja lived together when the war started
Sosnowiec
A man who is not and never has been married
Vladek’s second wife and a survivor of the holocaust as well.
Mala
How Artie responded to his mother Anja's suicide
guilt, anger
What importance did the "stadium" have in the story
where Jews were sorted, Vladek's dad was separated from Vladek's sister and jumped over fence
City where Artie and Vladek live in present day
New York City
German secret police
Vladek’s first wife. She survived internment in the concentration camps but later committed suicide while Artie was still a child.
Anja
The camp that Anja and Vladek are taken to at the end of the book
Auschwitz
The name of the first comic that Artie wrote. Who was it written about?
"Prisoner on a Hell Planet" and it was about his mother's death.
Country where Vladek hopes he can be smuggled to in chapter 6
Hungary
Torah
Jewish holy book
Vladek and Anja’s first child.
Richieu
Vladek found that Anja (Anna) was translating documents for
communists
How did Vladek support his family when the Germans took over their city?
by using the Black Market.
Country where Anja and Vladek stay while Anja recovers at the sanitarium
Czechoslovakia