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If you're thinking of doing your term paper on Maus, here's a University of Pittsburgh event you might find interesting. (I'm not assigning this, just mentioning it.)

"The Use of Comic Books in Teaching the Holocaust," a lecture by Beverly Harris-Schenz of the University of Pittsburgh German Department, on teaching the Holocaust to German students. 8 p.m., Thursday, Jewish Community Center (412-421-1500). --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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Avi sez, "'Mickey Mouse in Gurs' is a tragic 'comic' book made by Horst Rosenthal in 1942 while incarcerated at the Gurs internment camp in France. Rosenthal uses Mickey Mouse as a kind of subversive Virgil to guide us through the hellish experiences of the concentration camp. Horst Rosenthal was murdered in Auschwitz in 1942." --BoingBoing

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I am canceling class, in order to encourage you to attend the Holocaust conference (Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday). 

There is no official assignment related to the conference, but you are welcome to use the conference as an opportunity to gather material for Ex 6 (Editorial).  I also encourage you to blog about the conference, in order to include for a future Wildcard portfolio entry.