187 pages
English language
Published Aug. 9, 1993 by Collier Books, Maxwell Macmillan Canada.
3 stars
(1 review)
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. - Back cover.
Subjects
- Levi, Primo.
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Italian.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Italy -- Personal narratives.