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Survival in Auschwitz

Book • 1947
In 'Survival in Auschwitz', Primo Levi recounts his ten months in the German death camp, describing the systematic cruelty, dehumanization, and the desperate attempts to maintain humanity and sanity amidst inconceivable horrors.

The book vividly details the daily struggles, the social hierarchy within the camp, and the bonds formed among inmates.

It concludes with Levi's liberation by the Red Army and his reflection on the responsibility to share his ordeal with the world.

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