History TearJerker / Maus

* The comic Art made about his mother's suicide is depressing, particularly when Vladek is shown breaking down and throwing himself on top of Anja's coffin during her funeral while screaming her name, followed by Art fleeing the room and being berated by a family friend for only crying for his mother now that she is dead, or when he recalls his final conversation with her, in which he dismisses her question of whether he still loves her as just another moment of emotional manipulation on her part. It stands out in the book, as it's the only part where humans are shown in their entirety (without masks, like Art sometimes has to segue into the book), and shows how badly off their family was. Vladek isn't unhappy to see the comic, but admits it was a good way for Art to cope with his grief.

** And before that, Vladek's friend Ilzeki tells him that he is going to give his own son to a Pole for safekeeping. He offers to send Richieu as well, but Vladek's family refuse. A year later, they had to give Richieu to go with Tosha anyway, and it was all for naught. The fact that Ilzeki's son survived means that Richieu had a very real chance to survive the Holocaust, but did not.