Survival in Auschwitz
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Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Survival in Auschwitz canonical | 3 |
| If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Survival in Auschwitz Context triple: [If This Is a Man, alternativeTitle, Survival in Auschwitz]
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A.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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B.
Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
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C.
War Criminals Prison No. 1
War Criminals Prison No. 1 was the post–World War II Allied detention facility at Landsberg Prison in Germany where numerous convicted Nazi war criminals were incarcerated and executed.
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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E.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Survival in Auschwitz Target entity description: Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
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A.
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy
Primo Levi's Auschwitz trilogy is a collection of three autobiographical works that chronicle his experiences in the Nazi concentration camp and his subsequent journey back to Italy, offering profound reflections on survival, memory, and humanity.
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B.
Maus
Maus is a Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that portrays his father's experiences during the Holocaust using anthropomorphic animal characters.
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C.
War Criminals Prison No. 1
War Criminals Prison No. 1 was the post–World War II Allied detention facility at Landsberg Prison in Germany where numerous convicted Nazi war criminals were incarcerated and executed.
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D.
The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s landmark three-volume work that exposes and analyzes the Soviet Union’s forced labor camp system through historical research, personal testimony, and moral reflection.
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E.
Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 drama film, based on William Styron's novel, that follows a Holocaust survivor's harrowing past and present in postwar Brooklyn.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust literature
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book ⓘ memoir ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
If This Is a Man
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Survival in Auschwitz ⓘ
surface form:
If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz
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| author | Primo Levi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| describes |
arrest of Italian Jews
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camp hierarchy ⓘ camp selection process ⓘ forced labor ⓘ hunger and deprivation ⓘ moral dilemmas of prisoners ⓘ struggle to preserve human dignity ⓘ transport to Auschwitz ⓘ violence and brutality ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Survival in Auschwitz self-link ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical memoir
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testimony ⓘ war literature ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacter | Primo Levi ⓘ |
| influenced |
Holocaust studies
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memory studies ⓘ postwar Italian literature ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
analytical
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restrained ⓘ sober ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
classic of Holocaust testimony
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seminal Holocaust memoir ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
AuschwitzBirkenau
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surface form:
Auschwitz concentration camp
Holocaust ⓘ Nazi persecution of Jews ⓘ dehumanization ⓘ ethics ⓘ memory ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
If This Is a Man
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surface form:
Se questo è un uomo
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| publicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| setting |
AuschwitzBirkenau
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surface form:
Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz III-Monowitz ⓘ
surface form:
Monowitz (Auschwitz III)
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| theme |
limits of human endurance
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loss of identity ⓘ solidarity among prisoners ⓘ witnessing and testimony ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1944
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1945 ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: Survival in Auschwitz Description of subject: Survival in Auschwitz is the English-language title of Primo Levi’s seminal Holocaust memoir recounting his experiences and reflections as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz