If This Is a Man
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If This Is a Man is Primo Levi’s seminal memoir reflecting on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp and exploring the moral and psychological impact of the Holocaust.
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| instanceOf |
Holocaust literature
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book → memoir → |
| aimsTo |
analyze the mechanisms of dehumanization
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bear witness to the Holocaust → |
| alternativeTitle |
Survival in Auschwitz
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| author |
Primo Levi
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| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
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| describes |
Primo Levi’s arrest and deportation
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daily life in Auschwitz → moral dilemmas faced by prisoners → psychological impact of camp life → |
| EnglishEditionTitle |
Survival in Auschwitz
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| EnglishTitle |
If This Is a Man
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| firstPublisher |
Franco Antonicelli
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| followedBy |
The Truce
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| genre |
autobiographical memoir
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concentration camp literature → war literature → |
| hasCharacter |
Primo Levi
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| hasTranslation |
English
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French → German → Spanish → many other languages → |
| influenced |
Holocaust testimony literature
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ethics of memory debates → |
| literaryMovement |
postwar literature
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| mainSubject |
Auschwitz concentration camp
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Holocaust → Nazi persecution of Jews → dehumanization → memory → moral philosophy → survival → |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| notableFor |
reflection on what it means to be human
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sober and analytical tone → |
| originalLanguage |
Italian
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| originalTitle |
Se questo è un uomo
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| partOf |
Primo Levi’s Auschwitz writings
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| placeOfFirstPublication |
Italy
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| publicationYear |
1947
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| setting |
Auschwitz concentration camp
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| settingPeriod |
World War II
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| subjectOf |
Holocaust studies scholarship
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literary criticism → |
| timeOfNarration |
post-World War II years
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| usedAs |
educational text on the Holocaust
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Referenced by (12)
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Primo Levi
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Primo Levi → Primo Levi → |
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If This Is a Man
("Se questo è un uomo")
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Survival in Auschwitz ("Se questo è un uomo") → |
originalTitle |
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Survival in Auschwitz
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alsoKnownAs |
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If This Is a Man
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EnglishTitle |
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The Truce
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follows |
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Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
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hasPart |
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The Truce
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isSequelTo |
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Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
("Se questo è un uomo")
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originalTitleOfPart |
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The Drowned and the Saved
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relatedWorkByAuthor |