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Art Spiegelman And Vreek Relationship

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Art Spiegelman’s mother and Vladek Spiegelman’s first wife was born on March 15, 1912 in Sosnowiec, Poland and raised in a wealthy Jewish family. Even though she was brought into a most fortunate home, she was quite weak and often got quite nervous. When Anja met Vladek and they began a relationship, the two faced hardships, which have reduced Anja to merely a weeping ball of sadness and fright. Before Anja, Vladek was involved in a relationship with a woman by the name of Lucia Greenberg, which he tried to severely break up with once he met Anja. Anja then received a letter from Lucia saying that Vladek is only with her for her wealth and such, making her quite angry and heartbroken. this event has revealed that Anja could be gullible and has very little confidence that someone would love her for her. …show more content…

Anja never wanted to break her family apart, so she stopped dwelling in such conspiracies and lived side by side with her new husband, Vladek, - which she married on February 14, 1937. When Anja gave birth to her first son, Richieu, she could not handle the stress and strain from the laboring, and so she had a breakdown due to postpartum depression. As written in Vladek Spiegelman’s biography, the Nazis began their ascent upon capturing the Jewish, and so Anja faces hunger, fright, and helplessness as she and Vladek hide and run for their lives. Anja’s was able to live through the war due to her reliant and resourceful husband, but it is known that she could have not survived if she did not have an

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