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Survival in Auschwitz by: Primo Levi List Price: £11.00 City Travel Guides Price: £5.50 You Save: £5.50 (50%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5318092 EAN: 9780684826806 ISBN: 0684826801 Label: Pocket Books Manufacturer: Pocket Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 187 Publication Date: February 19, 2000 Publisher: Pocket Books Studio: Pocket Books Sales Rank: 22831 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - One of the best Holocaust memoirsThere has been much great literature written by holocaust survivors, and this one is just about as good as any. Primo Levi describes in "Survival in Auschwitz" the scheme by which those who could were able to maintain some sort of existance. Those unable to work are gassed, shot or beaten to death. Those who manage to survive are those who find ways to make themselves useful, without actual serioius exertion on the meagre rations. The lifeblood of the camp is "organising" - a black market where a stolen bar of soap is traded for a slice of bread; a potato for a scarf. One difference between Levi and other Holocaust memoirs, is that he does not rely on an emotional appeal. He produces a trully excellent and insightful ... Read More: Rating:  - a hard readthis book was a below average read,iv read much better books than this onthe concentration camps.i found this book very hard to stay interested in and found alot of times my mind would wander off and get bored of this book so i didnt bother finishing it.so i wouldnt recommend this book Rating: - Recommended readFollowing the Auschwitz anniversary, I decided to read a lot more about the holocaust than I knew. Survival in Auschwitz by primo Levi was one of the books I read and loved. I consider it to be one of the most well-written, touching and compelling memoirs about the holocaust. Promo Levi is an excellent writer, with deep, lucid and compelling prose and insightful writing style. This book is one of the most influential books of my life. After reading this book, I can't imagine any person not honestly feeling for humanity, and becoming compassionate no matter what the circumstance is. This well-depicted book is a recommendation for those interested in the plight of mankind in wars and other man-made and natural disasters. Read it and you ... Read More: Rating: - horrific, huge, scary, what we can do to one anotherplease read this book. I have long studied WWII, no other work as so affected me to the extent of this book. Levi explains the ultimate horror. Imagine being stripped of everying, honor, clothing, self esteem. Self and worthiness. It is maddening. Levi produces a realistic, traumatic and horrifying portrait of what people went through not more than 54 years ago. Lest we repeat this lesson, it is important to listen to those like Levi. We all are capable of the ativistic characteristics of those we wish to distance ourselves from. Rating: - Harrowing...An incredible book... Levi's straightforward and almost unemotional tone often disguises the horror of what he is describing. I'd recommend reading it at least twice... I've read it three times now and each time I get something more. Few of us can truly understand the circumstances Levi lived through, but it is important to try. |
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