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Teachers & SchoolsLet’s throw an idea out there.Art isn’t a character.How can the author not be a...
“Mainly I remember arguing with him… and being told that I couldn’t do...
Art’s mother, Anja, survived the Holocaust, but committed suicide in May, 1968. While most...
Art never meets his brother Richieu, who was born before the war. In 1943, as conditions worsened...
Mala, also a Holocaust survivor, is Vladek’s second wife; she knew Vladek and Anja before...
Pavel, also a Holocaust survivor, is Art’s therapist. Like Mala and other Holocaust...
Françoise is Art’s wife. She has converted to Judaism in order to appease Vladek. In...
Lucia Greenberg is Vladek’s girlfriend before he meets Anja. Her appearance in the text...
Mr. Ilzecki is a player on the black market in Sosnowiec when the Germans occupy the town. He is...
Mancie is a Jewish woman who leads groups of other Jewish women prisoners at Birkenau. She risks...
Mandelbaum is one of Vladek’s first friends at Auschwitz. He is not as resourceful as...
Mrs. Motonowa is a Polish woman that Vladek meets as he works the black market in Sosnowiec. She...
Shivek is one of Vladek's friends from before the war. They both survive the concentration camps...
Mr. Spiegelman, Vladek's father, shows up with Fela, Vladek’s sister, at Dienst stadium....
Fela is Vladek’s sister. They reconnect when the Jews are ordered to convene at Dienst...
Haskel is a cousin of Vladek’s who is able to schmooze his way into favor with the German...
Yidl is a Russian Jew who leads a tin workshop at Auschwitz. Yidl doesn’t like Vladek...
The Zylberbergs, Anja’s parents, are very wealthy. They welcome Vladek into the family, and...
Tosha is Anja’s sister, and is the mother of two children. When it is clear that the...