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Maus Characters
- Vladek Spiegelman
- Father of Artie
- Story of Maus traces
his experiences with
The Holocaust
- Polish Jew
- Artie Spiegelman
- Author and
narrator of
Maus
- Surviving child of Vladek
and Anja after the The
Holocaust
- Has a strained
relationship with
his father, Vladek
- Mala
- Second wife
of Vladek
- Lives with Vladek
- Argues with Vladek
almost every time
they have a conversation
- Vladek makes her
feel that she can
never live up to
Anja
- Anja Spiegelman
- Vladek's
first wife
- Committed suicide by
slitting her wrists in
1968 with no suicide
note
- Artie's
Mother
- Polish Jew
- Lucia
- Dated Vladek
for 3-4 years
before he
became
engaged
- Jewish
- Francoise
- Wife of Artie
- French but converted
to Judaism in
preparation for their
marriage to please
Vladek
- Discusses Artie's
relationship with Vladek
and the Holocaust
- Richieu Spiegelman
- Vladek and Anja's
first child, born in
Poland in 1937
- Died from poison by
Anja's sister, Tosha,
as a way to avpid
capture by the Nazis
- Tosha
- Sister of Anja
- Responsible for
the death of
Richieu
- Mrs Motonowa
- Befriends Vladek
- Offers to hide Vladek
and Anja at her farm
with her seven-year old
son
- Mandelbaum
- Owned a pastry store in
Sosnowiec where Vladek and
Anja often shopped
- Encounters with Vladek
again when smugglers
take Vladek to Hungary
- Ilzecki
- Former customer
of Vladek from
before the war
- Meets with Vladek again
after conducting
business in the black
market
- Offered Vladek to
hide Vladek's son -
Richieu with his own
son in Poland but Anja
refuses
- Dies in The Holocaust
- Mancie
- Helps Anja at Birkenau by
passing notes and food from
Vladek
- Hungarian Jew
- Seen as a higher
status as a result
of an affair with
and S.S. guard
- Yidl
- Vladek's boss
at the tin shop
in Auschwitz
- Communist
and Jewish
- Despises Vladek for
having owned a factory
before the war and for
not knowing how to
work with tin
- Pavel
- Artie's psychiatrist
- Also a survivor
of the
Holocaust
- Artie sees Pavel once
a week and they
always tend to make
him feel better
- Mrs Kawka
- Owner of a
small farm on
the outskirts
of Sosnowiec
- Allows Vladek and
Anja to hide in her
barn for a price
- Vladek and Anja's
first place to hide
before moving to
Mrs Motonowa
- Person who tells
Vladek about the
smugglers who can
take him to Hungary
- Haskel
- Vladek's cousin
- Chief of the
Jewish Police in
the Srodula
ghetto
- Survives the war,
Vladek sends him
packages for some time
afterwards
- Shivek
- Friend of
Vladek's before
the war
- Meet again upon
release from
concentration
camps