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What do the cats symbolize in Maus?

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Jews are compared to mice, Germans to cougars, Poles to pigs, Swedes to horned deer, Americans to dogs, Gypsies to butterflies, and Frenchmen to frogs.

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The cats represent non-Jewish people who were not directly impacted by the Holocaust.

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