Analysis of Image in Maus II

The image and description on page 71 particularly disturbed me as it showed and described how the Nazis would burn the jews alive and then use the already dead bodies of the Jewish as kindling for the still alive being burned. Obviously this description and the idea that this even happened is horrendous however the picture is disturbing. Obviously Spiegelman is a comic artist but it is obvious that his pictures add a sort of funky, disturbing mood to the ideas presented. (and this was obviously his objective).

Heartbreaking Report of Human RIghts Violations in the DR Congo

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=allsearch

This article is truly heartbreaking. It is a sad reminder of the damage of the country so long ago continues to inflict itself upon the Congo. The crimes themselves are brutal but the sheer number of victims of these crimes is sickening.

Activist's Murder covered up by Officials as Suicide in The DR Congo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11469140

This article is about a man, Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu, a Belgian resident, who was arrested and put in jail for throwing stones at Congolese President Joseph Kabila. He was found dead in his cell yesterday and the government has declared his death a suicide as he smothered himself with his own pillow. This is highly unlikely as well as the fact that there are no pillows in cells at the prison. This just shows the corruption that so regularly occurs in the Congo and the type of corruption these politicians will end up getting away with.