Sara Batinić answers “Why people do wear mask of animals in some...”

Juan asked this question about Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2):

Why people do wear mask of animals in some panels, and other, they are animals?

Sara Batinić I think it is because Nazis usually called Jews - 'dirty rats' (as people who are frequently scouring the city streets and sewers for any quarters the…moreI think it is because Nazis usually called Jews - 'dirty rats' (as people who are frequently scouring the city streets and sewers for any quarters they can find) because they thought that Jews never ever worked a day in their life and that they were just stealing others goods. In other book I found an information that Polish and Dutch people referred to Nazi soldiers as pigs (Schweine) so that would explain why are the people in the book portrayed as animals. When Jews (rats) are wearing masks, I guess the author is trying to tell us that they were pretending to be Nazis, I guess they were wearing coats without David's star or something similar(less)

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