Concentration camp survivor story finally revealed

Today a story about a Jewish survivor of World War II camp has been revealed in the comic book Maus by his son in the city of Washington during the 50th aniversary of Holocoust.

                Vladek Spiegelman, men with a million moments of luck during his 10 month captivity survives the war and tells his story to his son. Art Spiegelman, a cartoonist, after many years of silence between him and his father finally finds the courage to ask about war. “I always knew I want to create a book about World War II. So one day, I finally decided to create a type of comics that no-one ever tried before”, says young Spiegelman. Even though he is very aware of the controversy it can cause, he wants to convince the readers that comics are not only a humorous medium.  

                Maus is a story about Vladek Spiegelman, the author’s father. A story about a man that World War II changed irreversibly to a stubborn and strict perfectionist. That time in his life was unimaginably hard. Every moment in the camps was a survival challenge. Vladek Spiegelman was a very resourceful man who grabbed every occasion to work, yet, he remained very rational. Maus represents him as a man able to rationally analyze the situation and make the best decisions. People in camps came to him for an advice because his intuition almost never fooled him. He was fighting with his indescribable hunger, leaving his food for his wife, collecting it to meet her or to exchange it for other things. Both he and his wife survived however for her, life after camps was impossible. She had problems forgetting all the images of death that happened in front of her.

                Many people knowing only the medium of this book and not its content claim it is highly inappropriate to show such a tragic and serious part of history of this world. What is surprising, after reading the Maus, most of them completely changed their minds. Despite the comic medium, the cover of the book is also quite controversial. It contains one of the most recognizable signs of that time which is Nazi Swastika. The inside drawings are not as cruel as the story told. Even when we read about cold, emotionless killing, what we see is very delicate.

                This book is very good not only for adults but also for teenagers to help them realize the history of World War II and all its cruelty.

First Moon Landing

This is a story about Johnny, a weird guy from Spain.

He was born in 1948 and had a smart brain.

He used to go to school in a very small town

And his skin and hair color where almost dark brown.

His very big interest in astronomy and space

Led him to a problem he had to face.

He always had the best scores at his school

But nobody even thought he was cool.

He had never had a girl, even a pack of friends

About ‘on time’ music he knew five disco bands.

What more should I tell you about this guy?

That wanted to be the first man to fly high…

Fly to the moon as he signed up for it

Be the first man in space eager to explore it.

No-one had ever done it before,

In his life, he wanted to do something more.

Half a million people came to see the rocket engines boost

The Apollo 11 crew fired the 200,000-pound-thrust.

Johnny was scared, would he survive?
Although he had nothing to lose, he cared about his life.

On the space rocket was a four person crew.

On 16^th of July, 1969, to the moon they flew.

It took them 4 full days to step on the planet

That is known for having on its surface a lot of craters.

On their way he and the astronauts monitored systems, ate and slept.

He learned and repeated what they did but there was one thing he could not accept.

They did not want to let him get out of rocket and step on the moon

Every angry moment he listened to a ‘disco boys’ tune.

The third day brought a huge fight between Neil and him

While Johnny’s friend trying not to lose muscle was in the gym

Our hero said: “I will step on the planet tomorrow.

Otherwise I will never stop my sorrow”.

He said he would regret it till the end of his life

Then he stood up and took out a knife.

He started to act crazy, but he wasn’t really serious

He sabotaged Neil while acting delirious.

Neil not knowing what to do agreed to Johnny’s request

He believed that it would be for everybody’s best.

This is how the third day of an historical journey ended

After all exciting moments that were never intended.

The fourth morning on the space ship began nervous and tense

Everybody was silent, they knew that conflict made no sense.

You could cut the atmosphere with a knife,

Today’s mission was the most important of their lives.

Johnny eventually told apologized for what he did,

“It was irresponsible and childish, I have to admit”.

They all forgave him and finished their breakfast,

What they needed and wanted to do was vast.

To remind you my reader, it is a story about the first moon landing,

Human knowledge on that day was supposed to be expanding.

 Three astronauts and our hero Jonny put on the special space clothes,

on life risk nobody wanted to be exposed.

One of the crew members had to stay inside,

important information and support he was to provide.

The rest prepared to leave the ship.

Their lives were about to flip,

because of this amazing trip.

He gave himself a last nip

and finally touched the grip.

They left the rocket and started to ‘fly’ into space.

The moon that was closer than ever they chased.

After a few moments they landed on the planet ground,

What they heard was the most amazing space sound.

They stayed for about 20 hours, most of the time exploring,

They knew that this would never become boring.

However they had too little fuel to stay there longer,

and they needed to go back to Earth, the command was stronger.

They came back to the space ship and arrived safe and proud,

There where billions of people watching them, quite a huge crowd.

They were clapping, waving and screaming.

When the spacemen saw that they thought they were dreaming.

From this story, that is a little bit unbelievable,

You can learn that anything is achievable.

An ordinary, simple guy from Spain,

that often was not even sane,

Breaking all the rules of his fear,

Thinking only about ‘now and here’,

Ignoring all the warnings he had to hear,

Flew to the moon, eclipsing all frontiers.