Vladek and Guido use their skills and intelligence to endure a genocide that killed over 6 million Jews and 11 million people in total. Although Guido sadly did not survive the Holocaust, his wife Dora and son Giosué did, thanks to Guido's help. Vladek survived by using his many talents in the prison camps, while Guido survived thanks to his cunning intelligence and positive attitude. In the books Maus I and II by Art Spiegelman, the author uses his father's story of survival to create a book that unleashes vivid images of Vladek's time in Auschwitz, as well as how it has affected him since. In the film Life is Beautiful directed by Roberto Benigni, Guido was an average Jew living in Italy. When his family was taken to the Natzi extermination camp, he managed to keep his son Giosué hidden, risking his own life. Both of these works show two courageous men who resisted the worst racial extermination in history. Vladek was a Polish Jew who later fell in love with a woman named Anja, just as Guido fell in love with Dora. Vladek, living in Poland, begins to hear news of the Nazi uprising. As Poland began to fall under the control of the Nazis, Vladek and his family tried to escape Poland but were tricked and sent to Auschwitz. “There were many, many stories like that – synagogues being burned, Jews being beaten for no reason, entire cities chasing away all the Jews – each story worse than the last.” (Maus I pg. 35) Just as Vladek had lost his textile factory to the Nazis, Guido's bookshop had been labeled a Jewish shop. Both Guido and Vladek suffered on the train ride to the concentration camps. Vladek was incredibly intelligent and was hanging from a beam at the top of the carriage. It had access to fresher air and… the center of the card… beautiful, both showing two brave men navigating the Holocaust and their journey to freedom. These two stories of courage, hope and love transformed the way a story of the Holocaust can be told. Both stories had their own way of portraying the horror of the Holocaust. The art used animals to convey the comic book characters, while director Roberto Benigni used comedy and lightheartedness to show a beautiful horror story. Both of these stories had similarities and obviously differences, but one similarity stood out; love is infinite. Giosué will be forever grateful for having had a father who sacrificed himself for his son's life and future, just as Art will know how strong Vladek was and that even though they weren't too close, his father loved him. Both stories contained a unique father-son relationship that is incredibly powerful for the viewer.