Second generation comics. On the construction of (post-)memory in Art Spiegelman's Maus and Michel Kichka's Deuxieme Generation

In 'Maus' the destruction of traces of memory is addressed on multiple levels. This question of transmission and heritage is even more relevant for the so-called 2nd and 3rd generation such as Michel Kichka. The authors understand Maus mainly as a reflection of memory processes, which are always mediated. Thus referring to Marianne Hirsh's concept of 'postmemory', they discuss the roles of photography in both comics and consider photos as remedialised in the context of the comics pages, where they provoke new traces and in a way, retrace the lost traces.