Maus

Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus,’ and 670 other books

Typically, a school district would require book challengers to go through a formal challenge process in which each individual book would be assessed for merit, this time it took five minutes.

 A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of "The Diary of Anne Frank", by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris Sept. 18, 2017.
 Cameron Samuels, a Jewish college student and book-access activist, discusses the impact of their Texas high school's challenge to "Maus" at a Senate hearing on book bans, Sept. 12, 2023.

US Senate talks Nazi book burnings, 'Maus' in school ban hearing

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

Missouri school board votes not to ban ‘Maus’ from district bookshelves following criticism

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman

A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about ‘explicit sexual material’


Florida high school pulls graphic novel of Anne Frank’s diary, saying it is ‘not age appropriate’

The removal at Vero Beach High School was spurred by at least one challenge from a parent in the district affiliated with the conservative activist group Moms For Liberty.

 Anne Frank, as illustrated by Google Doodles' Thoka Maer

'Maus' banning wasn't antisemitic - Art Spiegelman

In January, a Tennessee school board banned Art Spiegelman's Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'.

 Two books of the graphic novel "Maus" by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are pictured in this illustration, in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 27, 2022.

‘Maus’ supporters rally, Tennessee school board doubles down

“This board is the arbiter of community standards,” one member said, to a chorus of boos from people in attendance.

 Two books of the graphic novel "Maus" by American cartoonist Art Spiegelman are pictured in this illustration, in Pasadena, California, U.S., January 27, 2022.

'Maus' sells out, author to speak to thousands amid controversy

A school district in Tennessee banned Art Spiegelman’s graphic memoir 'Maus' about the Holocaust from its classrooms.

 Art Spiegelman's graphic novel 'Maus' on sale at a French bookstore in 2017.

Comic book stores donate free copies of 'Maus' after Tennessee school board ban

Several weeks ago, the McMinn County school board voted unanimously to remove the book from its curriculum, with one member saying he thought the content was "not wise or healthy."

 Art Spiegelman's graphic novel 'Maus' on sale at a French bookstore in 2017.

Are Jews white? Is Whoopi Goldberg Jewish? ‘The View’ Holocaust controversy, explained

The genocide was “not about race,” Goldberg said, it was instead about “man’s inhumanity to man.”

 Whoopi Goldberg attends a benefit event in New York City, Sept. 13, 2021.

You can’t just swap out ‘Maus’ for another Holocaust book - opinion

Maus forces the reader to bear witness in a way no written account can, and the picture-specific portions are especially good at forcing the eye to see what the mind prefers to glide past.

 Art Spiegelman's graphic novel 'Maus' on sale at a French bookstore in 2017.

‘Maus’ giveaway is on as bookstores, professors counter Tennessee school ban

Nirvana Comics, a comic-book store in Knoxville, announced on social media that it would be giving away copies of Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book to any interested students.

Cover of the book 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman