Maus Graphic Novel Summary - Volume 2 Chapters 2-3 - Schooling Online

time flies it is now 1987 and art has made a name for himself as a writer sadly vladic wasn't there to see it he passed away in 1982 from heart failure but he would have liked to know that the first installment of mouse was a big hit now everybody wants a piece of AR spiegelman there's talk of a TV show and even a movie despite all of this art has been feeling down in the dumps the pressure has been getting to him and it's not about to stop in a few months he's going to be

a father to little baby Nadia to get some direction and words of wisdom art goes to see his shrink pavl he's a Jew who survived the camps just like vladic they have a good chat about Art's heavy mixed feelings to towards his career his dad and history it's so difficult to understand the Holocaust let alone write stories about someone else's experience it's all giving art a terrible bout of writers block but the sessions with Pavel help a lot as he walks home art feels less stressed and ready to start the next part of mouse so

let's return to vladic and see how he getting on in aitz it's 1944 and vlad's just been sent to work as a tinsmith by his supervisor the one he was teaching English to when vladic turned up for his first day of work the chief of the tinmen yle gave him a hard time yidel was a communist and he'd heard that vladic owned some factories in yle's mind vladic was just a greedy capitalist to everyone else yle was the greedy one to keep yle happy vladic and his fellow workers gave him food within the camps food

was very hard to come by what the Nazis gave them was barely enough to live on no wonder the Nazis had to keep checking who was still alive the counts took forever in the camp Ana was always on vlad's mind she was too miles down the road from vladic in a huge Camp called Buren now but how could he get a message to her fortunately he knew Mani a beautiful Hungarian Jew who sometimes worked at birkenau she became their messenger 4 days later Mani had found Ana hearing that vladic was still alive Ana sobbed tears

of joy this news made vladic cry and and mani cried with him a few days later Mani came back with something even more special a letter from ANA vladic learned Ana was having a tough time her Supervisor was horrible Ana was forced to carry the big cans of soup but she kept on spilling it everywhere she was just too week vladic wrote back Mani was taking a big risk here if the Nazis caught her they'd kill her but manie was a true romantic she believed that lovers should always be connected even if it was only

through words by the summer of 1944 vladek got the chance to go to burkau himself but his time with Ana was short they couldn't even have a proper conversation one time a guard caught vladic talking to Ana he thought vladic was flirting with her and gave him a severe beating for it but better him than Anya she wouldn't have survived that twice in aitz Vlad had to go through the selections these were terrifying he had to stand there naked whilst a doctor decided if he was strong enough to keep on working if not he'd be

sent to the gas luckily vladic got the all clear vladic was a man of many skills now he managed to get a job as a Shoemaker from the skills he picked up working for Milo this was great he got to sit in a warm room all day it was definitely an upgrade from the workshop with yle vladek was so good that he became the Shoemaker of choice for Nazi officials they even paid him with food vladek's new job even helped Anya as well her supervisor's boots were falling apart so to get on her good side

Ana arranged for vladic to fix them vladic did such a good job that Anya's supervisor completely changed her tune no more heavy Soup cans one day vladic noticed that new Barracks were being set up for women workers being transferred from birkenau this was Vlad and Ana's chance to be near each other but how it could be arranged but for a Fortune 100 cigarettes and a bottle of vodka to be exact but the Nazis only gave them three cigarettes a week vladic was determined Ana was worth it by October 1944 Ana was in these new Barracks

vladic threw food packages over the fence to Anya but one time she was spotted the supervisor chased Anya into the barracks where she hid and managed to escape the supervisor didn't know who she'd chased and none of the other prisoners gave Anya up so the supervisor punished them all with cruel exercises a short time later vladic lost his job as a shoe maker and had to do black work it was backbreaking they couldn't even take a break or they'd get hit back in the Catskills in 1979 vladic and artti have returned from their walk franois

has been working on vlad's Bank paperwork this whole time she's even made lunch over sandwiches vadex speaks more about aitz the Nazis knew the Russians were hot on their heels and would discover the concentration camps but the Nazis wanted to continue Exterminating their prisoners they ordered vladic and the other tinmen to dismantle the gas Chambers they wanted to send all the prisoners back to Germany vladic now got the chance to see the gas Chambers up close they looked like communal showers but it wasn't water that came out it was zyon b a deadly gas the

corpses were then taken from the chamber to the ovens to be incinerated from May 1944 the Germans killed so many people that they had to dig Mass Graves here the prisoners were burnt Dead or Alive Bang Bang the Russians were closing in soon the Nazis would Evacuate the camp but vladic and some fellow prisoners had a plan instead of leaving they were going to hide in an abandoned attic or so they thought rumor had it the Nazis were going to burn down the whole place it was chaos vladic had to flee before he could even

get his stuff the Nazis were marching everyone out of aitz and any stragglers got shot during the Long Cold March some of vlad's fellow prisoners saw an opportunity they thought they could strike a deal with some Nazi soldiers to let them Escape but vlad's gut told him he couldn't trust the Nazis and he was right the Nazis shot them as they ran and so vladic kept on marching it seemed like it would last forever event eventually he ended up in gr Rosen Germany it was very disorganized there were prisoners arriving from all over the place

and it seemed like the Nazis didn't know what they were doing but vladic didn't stay here for long the next morning he was put on a packed train this train was meant for transporting livestock not people and it was standing room only luckily vladic had a blanket which he tied to some hooks to make a hammock this allowed him to sit and breathe a little he's sure this saved his life suddenly the train came to a halt they weren't going anywhere the Nazis plan was to starve them to death it wasn't much but vladic survived

by eating snow he was one of the very few who survived one day the train started moving again only to stop later expecting the worst the traumatized prisoners couldn't believe their eyes it was the Red Cross and they were giving everyone bread and coffee but this was shortlived they were now headed for daal another camp in Germany daaka was infested with lice the Nazis even used this to starve the prisoners anyone with lice on their shirt got no food how cruel out in the yard vladic met a French prisoner the Frenchman was on the verge

of losing his mind because no one could understand him as he couldn't speak German or polish fortunately they both could speak some English every day the Frenchman found vladic he was a good friend to have since he wasn't a Jew the Nazis allowed his family to send him food which he shared with vladic vladic couldn't believe his eyes biscuits chocolates sardines what luxuries an idea popped into vlad's head he used some of the chocolate to buy two clean shirts for when they were inspected for lice at meal time this way they made sure they always

got their rations clever vladic after a few weeks there was a typhus outbreak due to the lice infestation vladic couldn't escape this stroke of bad luck people were dropping dead from it every day to make matters even worse he always needed the toilet but he could barely get there the bodies were piled so high he had to walk on top of the Dead in the infirmary all zc did was sleep but the Nazis were about to send prisoners to the Swiss border they were going to free them and vladic was one of them with the

help of some friends he made it to the train which was designed for human passengers back in the Catskills franois spots a hitchhiker she stops to give him a lift but vladic can't believe his ears he doesn't trust The Hitchhiker he thinks that because he's black he's going to steal their grocery franois is appalled she scolds vladic for being so racist especially after he experienced such terrible racism himself the argument starts to heat up and art steps in as Peacemaker soon they arrive back at the Bungalow but what a tense car ride but about this

train ride to Switzerland is this another trick or are the prisoners finally being free stay tuned to find out we hope you enjoyed this schooling online production for more easy lessons check out our other videos