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Survival in Auschwitz

Part of the Auschwitz Trilogy series

In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and miraculous endurance. Remarkable for its simplicity, restraint, compassion, and even wit, Survival in Auschwitz remains a lasting testament to the indestructibility of the human spirit.

Subject
historybiographyphilosophypoliticspsychology
Genre
war and militaryhistorical fictionholocaustworld war II
Themes
jewishhistorysurvivalreligion
Setting
holocaustworld war II20th centuryitalypoland
Audience
adult
Length
short · 187 pages

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