To begin, second generation Holocaust survivors live in fear of the Holocaust happening again, as demonstrated in the texts by Art Speigelman and Shirley Levy. In Art Speigelman’s novel, Maus II, he tells his father’s story when he was a prisoner of war during the Holocaust. Although Vlad survived this persecution, his past still haunted him and Vlad’s trauma carried on to his son. This caused his son, Art, to fear the Holocaust happening again. Art Spegielmen states, “I did have nightmares about SS men coming into my class and dragging all us Jewish kids away” (Spiegelman 16, Maus ll). It is clearly evident that, even though Art isn't physically living through the horrors his father went through, he still gets affected by it. This fear is
