Why does the artist place a swastika in the background of the panels that depict the plight of Jews in Hitler's Germany(p.33)? Why on page 125, is the road that Vladek and Anja travel on their way back to Sosnoweic also shaped like a swastika?

The panels symbolize the plight of the Jews, and the appearance of the swastika in the middle of town flying high consumes the page like the Jews were devoured and crushed by the Nazis. This very large symbol is meant to allow the reader a glimpse of complete and widespread Nazi domination was.

The road is also shaped like a swastika.

The swastika is placed in the background of these panels to demonstrate the power and dominance the Germans had over the Jews also you can use the expression on the mice’s face to predict terror and a feeling of unsafeness whenever they are around Germans, the swastika is there in the background of every panel the cats are in to show that power they had during the war, the artist wants the Germans portrayed for what they were best known for and that is the symbol of the swastika.