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Levi

Survival In Auschwitz

I apologize for the late blog posts! But anyways, With that being said, I thought that Survival in Auschwitz was undeniably, a remarkable piece. Not going to lie though, upon initially reading it, I was definitely a bit spooked.. like … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Primo Levi

After reading “Survival in Auschwitz”, I can easily say that it’s my favorite of all the books I’ve read so far this year. While the subject matter Levi was writing about was horrifying and tragic, the way in which he … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Survival in Auschwitz

Like many other people have said here,  I also have some background with the history of WWII and the Holocaust. Going into Levi’s text, I probably had more background with the issues and themes at hand than any other texts, and perhaps this is the reason the text was so touching to me. Being half-German […]Continue reading →

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Survival in Auschwitz

            The Holocaust is a period of history of which I have some prior knowledge as my schools have taught me about World War Two and the Holocaust. However not only did I learn about the Holocaust in school, outside of school it was also easy to continue learning and widening […]Continue reading →

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A Response

Reading If This Is A Man (which I’m going to call this book rather than the disgustingly simple title of our book) impacted me in a new way that I hadn’t experienced before when reading about Auschwitz and the Holocaust due to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Thoughts on Survival in Auschwitz

I come from a Jewish family, and I regularly attended synagogue and services when I was younger. Because of this my parents and grandparents have always placed an importance on learning about the horrors of the Holocaust, and have had … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Survival in Auschwitz

In school, over the years, I’ve ready many books and storieS about the holocaust and it’s victims and survivors. There have been countless movies and the like which also depict this period in history however Levi’s biography is a startling … Continue reading →Continue reading →

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Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

Primo Levi, Survival in Auschwitz

Powerpoint of lecture by Caroline Williams for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme

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Auschwitz: At Man’s Limits

If there’s anything that Survival in Auschwitz emphasizes is that not only the importance of the physical survival of man, but the mental and moral survivability of man. Auschwitz’s as Levi emphasizes is completely different from the outside/normal world.  It … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Primo Levi: Significance of Account

One of the reasons my blog is almost late (but not late) is because Survival in Auschwitz is difficult to analyze. It’s written really well and simply. In one sense,  it was the easiest book to read so far just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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