Hitler

This comic should be listed as required reading in all teaching programs. ' Élie Barnavi, former Israeli ambassador to France. It amuses, educates and makes people reflect. Johann Chapoutot, Professor of Contemporary History at the Sorbonne. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Amuse and Educate: The Placere et Docere of the ancients, which was valid both for an apologist and for the theater, is also applicable to comics. The excellent Maus is not fun at all, nor are comic book classics like Heil Superman! or Captain America in the Death Camps. With this comic we have it all: the didactic part, which is based on good previous historiographic work, and fun, with the story of this slightly hysterical, irritating and sometimes moving rat that represents Hitler. The strong point of this comic lies in that it does not draw clear limits: both in La bête est morte! As in Maus, the different categories (Jews, Nazis, different nationalities, etc.) were established with different species of animals. In this case, this is not the case, it is the masterpiece of the authors: there are all kinds of animals without distinction, because Nazism concerns us all, not in the rather foolish sense of omnipresent evil, but because Nazism was racism, anti-Semitism , imperialism. Add a fluid narration, and a very present humor, that only stops before the doors of the death camps. There, color gives way to black and white and there is no reason to laugh. The authors have undoubtedly learned from Benigni's film, Life is Beautiful. You will like this comic. Makes you smile and amuses you.