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Fiction · 1991 · R

Maus Ii

by Art Spiegelman

The second volume of Spiegelman's Pulitzer-winning Holocaust graphic novel — Auschwitz and its aftermath.

For17+GenreFictionLength136 pagesRead time~4 hours

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Violence

A lot

Auschwitz depicted in graphic novel form — death camp conditions, selections, mass murder

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

None

No sexual content

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

A lot

The horror of Auschwitz, survivor guilt, the impossibility of transmitting traumatic memory across generations

What this book is about

Same content as Maus II. The conclusion of Spiegelman's Holocaust narrative reaches Auschwitz and confronts the full horror of the death camps. Equally powerful and disturbing as the first volume. Essential but heavy for high school and above.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

Auschwitz and death camp depictions

Mass murder

Survivor guilt

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