Publication

1996 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

46,750 words, Guess

Page Count

187 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • LCCD805.P7 L4413 1996
  • LCCD805.P7L4413

Description

This book describes Primo Levi's experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in Auschwitz before the camp was liberated by the Red Army. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his shipment, Levi was one of only twenty who left the camp alive. The average life expectancy of a new entry was three months. This truly amazing story offers a revealing glimpse into the realities of the Holocaust and its effects on our world. - Back cover.

Description

In 1943, Primo Levi, a 25-year-old chemist and "Italian citizen of Jewish race," was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. This 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. Included in this new edition is an illuminating conversation between Philip Roth and Primo Levi never before published in book form.--From publisher description.

Subjects

Genres

  • Biography

Other Editions

  • Survival in Auschwitz: the Nazi assault on humanitySimon & Schuster1996-01-01
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