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Is this portrayal of Jews in Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees antisemitic?

Is this portrayal of Jews in Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees antisemitic?

There is one particular panel in the comic where you can briefly see a Jewish person, an older gentleman who appears to be a Hasidic Jew, walking hand in hand with a child, also a Jew wearing traditional Hasidic clothing.

What catches my attention is that they are depicted as mice. I know that depicting Jews as rats or mice is an antisemitic trope. But I also know there are works about the Holocaust, like “Maus” by Art Spiegelman, in which Jews are depicted as mice, but with a different connotation, but I don’t know what to think of this particular case.

Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees is an horror graphic novel written by Patrick Horvath. This graphic novel follows Samantha, the small-town bear who lives a double life. By day, she’s the helpful hardware store owner; by night, she’s a serial killer with one rule—don’t murder the locals. But when another killer arrives, disturbing her peace, Samantha’s cozy cover risks unraveling in some very bloody ways.

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