He had one brother named Richieu, but he died before Art was born. Richieu was a kid during World War 2, and was sent to live with his aunt, Tosha, because were she lived seemed safer than where he was living with his parents. When the Germans started deporting Jews, Tosha poisoned herself, Richieu, her daughter Bibi and her niece Lonia, because she didn't want the kids to go through the concentration camps and endure so much pain. Art mentioned that he always had felt a sibling rivalry with a photograph of Richieu, because his parents were still upset about his death.
In the late winter of 1968, Art suffered a nervous breakdown. After being released from a mental hospital, his mother Anja committed suicide. Art made a comic strip about his mom's suicide. Art's father eventually remarried to a woman named Mala.
Art released the first volume of Maus, in 1986, which is about his parent's story about when they survived the Holocaust. He later released the second volume of Maus: And Here My Troubles Began, in 1991. Maus attracted attention like no other graphic novel had before, earning a spot in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992. The book took thirteen years to finish.
Since it was published, Maus has been the topic of many essays, and has been studied in schools and in universities. It is also used in courses dedicated to the study of European History, English literature, and Jewish History and has been translated into 18 different languages. This book has made an impact on the world and on how they view the Holocaust.
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