Maus and Comic Code Violations

I believe that the comic book, Maus, violates at least one of the Comic Magazine Association of America: Comics Code published in 1954. That is, number 7 in the General Standards Part A states that “Scenes of excessive violence shall be prohibited. Scenes of brutal torture, excessive and unnecessary knife and gun play, physical agony, gory and gruesome crime shall be eliminated.” However, there are various forms of what anyone would consider harmful acts through the entire comic book. Spiegelman deems it to seem like a child appropriate story even though it is just the opposite.  For instance, it is a clear depiction of how European towns were raided during the Holocaust, beginning with Poland and violence increased with any lack of cooperation by the Jewish people. In this case, the author coded the cats were attacking the mice which is clearly interpreted as the Nazi’s attacking the helpless Jews. Overall, this code was severely violated over and over throughout the entire comic.