| Survival in Auschwitz Contributor(s): Primo Levi, Levi (Author), Levi, Primo (Author), Primo Levi (Author) |
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ISBN: 9562915301 ISBN-13: 9789562915304 Publisher: www.bnpublishing.com OUR PRICE: $13.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Survival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Holocaust - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Topical - Holocaust - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Survival in Auschwitz: If This Is a Man is a book written by the Italian author, Primo Levi. It describes his 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. |