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Survival in Auschwitz
by Primo Levi
Levi's account of the camp, written as a chemist observes: precise, humane, unsparing. Also published as If This Is a Man.
Read it if…
you want the most clear-eyed testimony of the camps.
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Skip it if…
no reason.
Try instead: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks →
Three things you will actually use
- Observe precisely.
- Dignity is a practice.
- Consider that this happened.
Do this first
Read the chapter 'The Drowned and the Saved'.
Our verdict
Levi's testimony.
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