1) Maus is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts his father's experience surviving the Holocaust. It portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats. This was meant to allow a new perspective on the history. 2) There was denial of the Holocaust in the Arab/Muslim world and anti-Semitism still exists. Nazis spread propaganda to Arabs against Jewish migration to Palestine. Tensions increased between Jews and Arabs from the 1950s-1980s due to Jewish migration from Arab states. 3) Spiegelman used animals to force readers to confront the inhumanity and brutality of what happened, while also showing human resilience and survival. German hatred of Jews became linked to

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Maus: An Analysis (Novel by Art Spiegelman)
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Maus: An Analysis
Maus; My Father Bleeds is a graphic history-based novel that spreads the horizon of
imagining, the Holocaust with the intent to describe the event which is unimaginable due
to the facts that how a real human being treated other real human beings. The book was
first disregarded as children’s entertainment comic book with elements of humor
suspense horror and action-adventure. Maus has described the real nature of enigma by
casting Holocaust heroes as animals referring as cat, Mice, pigs, and dogs. In an
interview, Spiegelman said that to use these nonentities was a way to allow people to read
the history storybook with the new perspective when the first time the comic book
appeared the words “NAZI” and “JEWS” were never brought to sight (Afridi). Therefore,
the major purpose of this paper is to talk about how German hate Jews and how it related
to the Arab and Muslims, whereas analyzing the text of the comic novel “Maus: A
Survivor’s Tale,” as a major focus of this paper.

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German hate the Jews and how it related to Arab and Muslims
The Muslims were in denial about the Holocaust and Nazi Armies barbarism and as the
word spread about the denial of a Holocaust from Muslim majority countries, some
Muslims and Jews struggle to keep alive their connections and history with one another.
However, in Arab and Jews anti-Semitism still looming largely which has a negative
impact on the positives that people of two different religions share. From the past seven
decades, numerous Muslim and Arab academic researchers, professionals, and media
perpetually labeled the Holocaust as a deceiving story of facts. The Jewish Holocaust—a
historical lie,’ and the ‘greatest Zionist lie history had ever come through’ are some of the
numerous expressions that take place in Arab dialogue of denial of a Holocaust (Afridi).
The Arab and Muslim roles in the Holocaust field have grown among Holocaust and
religion studies. Muslim rulers’ historical entanglement broadens and particularized the
carnage of Jews. In the period of the Holocaust 6 million Jews were killed. That time was
complicated for Jews and Muslims in light of both Nazi and governments deciding
according to their vision, however, till the time it is very less known where Muslims and
Jews collaborated and suffered in anti-Semitic time. The words Holocaust and Islam are
rarely used with each other, because of social and political images of the Holocaust and
Muslims.
One of the reasons for these is the denial and revitalization of the Holocaust on different
forums. During the 1930’s, Britain’s determination for the establishment of land for Jews
has taken place the Balfour Declaration of 1917 was under immense pressure upon the
Arab’s opposition face to Jewish migration towards Palestine. To spread propaganda in
Arabs by Fascists and Nazi’s is considered to be an organized program to make it obvious
so that they could ensure alliances and support with Arabs. Through the use of religion,
they broadcast their agenda and influence Arabs to make them realize about the
increasing number of Jews migrating to Palestine (Afridi).
Arabs were already resentful due to the alliances of Europeans with Jews and broadcasted
the agenda that Jews will become more powerful with having Europeans at their side and
Fascists, Nazi’s and Italian Vichy manipulation strategies worked in favor of Germans.
Furthermore, during 1950s to 1980s, the tension increases between Jews and Arabs due
to the migration of Jews from the Arab states to Europe, the United States of America and
Israel worsened the situation and created violent memories for Arabs.
The story of this comic novel tells a story of a survivor, Spiegelman a young who
mercilessly treated his wife and may marry her for financial benefits, which first seen as a
stubborn, greedy, enraged old-aged man. He was not a saint and what happens to him
after is more horrible in itself. And the specific nature of the book tells a background story
in its own, even in the slightest details. Readers of Maus get to know the insights of the
Ghetto black market, the structure of bogus-walled bunkers, and activities of the town
square, where Jews were waiting for deportation (SPIEGELMAN).

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Historically, the effect of a Holocaust in Arab lands was minimal but, well-known
evidence, and it plays a vital role in the politics of Israel/Palestine. In the perspective of
Muslims Holocaust was related to war and Jews portrayed it with huge exaggeration to
gain sympathy for existence and to grab land for the expansion of Israel. History
demonstrates Muslims and Jews were slowly separating from seventeenth-century due to
European colonization in Arab and African countries. Jews remained the diminishing
minority in the Arab and Islamic world. Travelers stuck to their camps during the journey
have seen poverty and excessive disease in quarters of Jews in the region.
The Muslims were economically and technologically weakened due to colonial rules and
not in a position to provide strength to the diminishing curve of Jews, so they looked to
Europe to provide a livelihood. Spiegelman used animals to allow readers to surpass the
misogyny of what humans are capable of doing and on the other hand, what humans are
capable of surviving and at the same time forcing them to confront it more openly. His
figure of Mice which represented Jewish’s is a stinging answer to Hitler’s statement that
The Jews are without any doubt a race, but they cannot be considered as human. His
Nazis which described as Cats remind us of German brutality was on its bottom with no
more understanding than the subtle barbarism of Cats playing with their Mice targets.
(Kluth).
A history of cooperation and tolerance between Jews and Muslims is suppressed hugely
by the political use of religion and geopolitical influence to use them for their political
gain. Religion and Politics are used to gain short-term benefits and denial of each other
tragedies and colonialism of European and West countries are considered major reasons
among other for the huge anti-Semitism growth in the Muslim world which further
worsened the situation between the two traditions. Hence, it would not be wrong to say
that the element of hate, certainly, has changed Germans, Jews, Muslims, and the Arab
world and other countries and their people as well, whereas demoralizing their relations.
Therefore, German hate towards Jews is also linked with Muslims and the Arab World as
well.
Works Cited
Afridi, Mehnaz M. “The Role of Muslims and the Holocaust .” oxfordhandbooks (2014).
Kluth, Andreas. “Germans, Jews, Muslims and the paradox of tolerance.” 6 4 2018.
global.handelsblatt.com. 13 10 2018.
SPIEGELMAN, ART. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale. Auschwitz: PANTHEON BOOKS, 1980.