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Maus: A Survivor's Tale Memory and the Past Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Page Number). Page numbers refer to The Complete Maus.

Quote #10

“I passed once a photo place what had a camp uniform – a new and clean one – to make souvenir photos.” (II.5.124)

Spiegelman actually includes this photograph in the book. It’s grimly funny: to take a picture in a camp uniform as a souvenir? Where does he think he is, Disneyland? The photograph also brings up the question of realism again. We usually view photographs as the most realistic of mediums, but here we have a photograph that is clearly staged.