
This is Auschwitz: the Evidence 1945-1986
by (italian) Primo Levi Leonardo De Benedetti
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The testimonials of Auschwitz prisoners, persecutors and even the perpetrators' families are true and shocking testimonials of the Nazi concentration camp. Levi's outstanding contribution as a witness to Auschwitz is supported by historical facts in "The Drowned and the Saved". "This Is Auschwitz" is a collection of testimonies from survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp, compiled and written by Levi, a chemist, and his Auschwitz prisoner and surgeon De Benedetti. These testimonies from 1945 to 1986 come from various sources, including the facts narrated by Levi and de Benedetti themselves, as well as other detainees, persecutors and even the perpetrators' family members, but they all truly and powerfully reflect the inhuman life of the prisoners in the concentration camp. As Levi said, "The persistence of correcting one's possible errors often gives the person searching for the truth an identity that is better than that of a mere witness." These testimonies are indispensable memories and become the basis for us to reflect on history and human values. The "Levi Works" series also includes "The Drowned and the Rescued", "The Wrench", "Other People's Trades", "The Uncertain Moment: Selected Poems of Levi", "Truce" and "If Not Now, When?" "Moments of Reprieve", "Voices of Memory: Interviews with Levi 1961-1987", "I Talking to You: Conversations between Levi and Tessio", etc.
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