SOC101Y1 Study Guide - Primo Levi, Major Trauma
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Book review survival in auschwitz, by primo levi. In the book survival in auschwitz, primo levi paints a detailed picture about living as a jew in fascist. Northern italy and then being transferred to the concentration camp at auschwitz. By 1943, the nazis had moved south and set up holding camps around italy to detain political prisoners and those of the. Jewish nationality until they could be transported to established concentration camps such as. This book depicts what happened to levi after his arrest in 1943. 650 others, he was loaded into a freight train for a four-day journey without food or water and without the liberty to leave the train at anytime. Upon their arrival at the camp of auschwitz, poland, the first of a precession of selections took place. The german ss soldiers separated those they deemed capable of work from those they deemed incapable, such as women, children and elderly.
