Using Nazi War Propaganda

Parallels between Nazi War Propaganda and the chapter title pages of Maus can be seen in volume 2's chapter title page and this Third Reich propaganda poster reading "the Germans in Argentina" shown on the far right. In the chapter 2 image, the well-dressed mice at the bottom are looking up to the Nazi flag waving over them. Since mice represent the Jews in Maus, it is ironic that the words "The Honeymoon" are used when referring to their relation with the Nazi regime. This could be satire towards the fact that the Nazi would lie to the Jews to cover the truth about what horrors would are were going to happen, which is why the Mice are naively looking up to this cruel, over encompassing power. The propaganda poster shows a typical "Aryan" family that the Nazis endorsed. The crops in the man's hand represents the prosperity of this family, and they are looking towards a bright future, as their heads and the woman's arm leads towards the sun. The Nazi symbol is notably in the middle of a gear, serving as the framework behind this poster family's bounties. This poster mainly serves as propaganda for the capabilities of the Nazi regime, depicting their ideals spreading as far as Argentina. In the comic, the flag is what is arching over the mice, keeping them under its rule whereas the gear is from which the family has taken the means to rise. Both images show the ultimate presence of the Nazi party, and its effects on different groups of people; the Jewish are stuck and confined to the lies and empty promises of the Nazi Party, while followers of the party falsely glorify a fake sense of betterment promised to them.