Maus

E56316

comic book graphic novel

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Maus canonical	4
Maus I: My Father Bleeds History	2
Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began	2
Maus II	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T445960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maus
Context triple: [Pantheon Books, hasPublished, Maus]

A. Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
B. Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
C. The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
D. Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
E. All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Maus
Target entity description: Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.

A. Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
B. Joseph Anton: A Memoir
Joseph Anton: A Memoir is Salman Rushdie’s autobiographical account of his life under the fatwa, detailing his years in hiding, the impact on his personal and creative life, and his reflections on freedom of expression.
C. The Jews of Silence
The Jews of Silence is a non-fiction work by Elie Wiesel that chronicles his 1965 journey to the Soviet Union and exposes the oppression and silencing of Soviet Jewry.
D. Ten Days of Repentance
Ten Days of Repentance is the Jewish High Holy Days period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur devoted to introspection, seeking forgiveness, and spiritual renewal.
E. All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German anti-war film, adapted from Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, that portrays the harrowing experiences of German soldiers during World War I.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comic book ⓘ graphic novel ⓘ graphic novel ⓘ graphic novel ⓘ
author	Art Spiegelman ⓘ
awarded	Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and Award ⓘ surface form: Pulitzer Prize Special Award
awardYear	1992 ⓘ
basedOn	Vladek Spiegelman’s life ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
creator	Art Spiegelman ⓘ
depicts	Holocaust ⓘ World War II ⓘ
firstCollectedEditionYear	1986 ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	serialized in Raw magazine ⓘ
genre	Holocaust literature ⓘ biographical comics ⓘ historical graphic novel ⓘ non-fiction comics ⓘ
hasPart	Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maus I: My Father Bleeds History Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
hasTheme	family history ⓘ identity ⓘ racism ⓘ the ethics of representation ⓘ
illustrator	Art Spiegelman ⓘ
mainCharacter	Art Spiegelman ⓘ Vladek Spiegelman ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
narrativeForm	frame narrative ⓘ
notableFor	being first graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portraysAs	Americans as dogs ⓘ French as frogs ⓘ Germans as cats ⓘ Jews as mice ⓘ Poles as pigs ⓘ Swedes as reindeer ⓘ
publisher	Pantheon Books ⓘ
serializationEndYear	1991 ⓘ
serializationStartYear	1980 ⓘ
setInPeriod	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era
setInPlace	AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp New York City ⓘ Poland ⓘ
subjectMatter	Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences in the Holocaust ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ
uses	anthropomorphic animal characters ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pantheon Books → hasPublished → Maus ⓘ

Maus → hasPart → Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maus I: My Father Bleeds History

Maus → hasPart → Maus self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began

Art Spiegelman → notableWork → Maus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maus II

Vladek Spiegelman → appearsIn → Maus ⓘ