The graphic novel shows the Nazis slow and deliberate restriction of economic, social, and cultural liberties, leading to imprisonment and death for millions. The effects of the Holocaust echo through the lives and relationships of survivors Art Spiegelman is the son of two survivors, and in Maus he tells his father’s story of survival to better understand their strained relationship. Adolf Hitler and his Schutzstaffel (SS) used propaganda and escalating restrictions to systematically divide communities and dehumanize Jews. This act of discrimination was the pebble of divisiveness wedged into the doorway that soon opened to genocide and war. No civilian understood the horrors to come. Maus: The Impact of Systematic Dehumanization The “Final Solution” started in 1933 with a mandate to boycott Jewish-run businesses Jews felt wary, but most non-Jewi sh Germans were apathetic or saw an opportunity for economic advancement.
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