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Survival in Auschwitz : if this is a man /

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This book describes Italian author 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levi, Primo (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [United States] : BN Publishing, 2007.
Subjects:
Levi, Primo.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Levi, Primo, > 1919-1987
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Italian.
Prisoners of war > Italy > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Poland > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Prisonniers et prisons des Allemands.
Prisonniers de guerre > Italie > Biographies.
Prisonniers de guerre > Pologne > Biographies.
Prisoners of war
Italy
Poland
Concentratiekampen.
1939-1945
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Personal narratives > Italian
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
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Summary:This book describes Italian author 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 camps alive. The average life expectancy of a new entrant was three months. This truly amazing story offers a revealing glimpse into the realities of the Holocaust and its effects on our world.
Item Description:Translation of: Se questo è un uomo.
Originally published in English as: If this is a man.
Physical Description:153 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:9789562915304
9562915301
9789562915632
9562915638