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.
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| instanceOf |
Holocaust literature
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book → memoir → |
| alsoKnownAs |
If This Is a Man
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If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz → |
| author |
Primo Levi
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| countryOfOrigin |
Italy
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| 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
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| firstPublicationLanguage |
Italian
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| genre |
autobiographical memoir
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testimony → war literature → |
| hasCentralCharacter |
Primo Levi
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| 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 |
Auschwitz concentration camp
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Holocaust → Nazi persecution of Jews → dehumanization → ethics → memory → survival → |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| originalLanguage |
Italian
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| originalTitle |
Se questo è un uomo
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| publicationYear |
1947
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| setting |
Auschwitz concentration camp
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Monowitz (Auschwitz III) → |
| 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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Survival in Auschwitz
("If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz")
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If This Is a Man
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If This Is a Man
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Survival in Auschwitz
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EnglishTitle |