Book Bearings
Survival in Auschwitz
- 206 pages · about 3 hours
- First published 1946
- 112 editions
- Free to read
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1 About this book
This book describes 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 camp alive. The average life expectancy of a new entry was three months. This truly amazing story offers a revealing glimpse into the realities of the Holocaust and its effects on our world.
Good for readers who want: a true life story, World War II history, and a book they can read free online.
- Biography
- Historical
- Authors, biography
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- World War II
- German Prisoners and prisons
- Concentration camps
- Personal narratives
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