Ranked #15 in Holocaust, Ranked #17 in Italian — see more rankings.
The true and harrowing account of Primo Levi’s experience at the German concentration camp of Auschwitz and his miraculous survival; hailed by The Times Literary Supplement as a “true work of art, this edition includes an exclusive conversation between the author and Philip Roth.
In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and “Italian citizen of Jewish race,” was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi’s classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and... more
In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and “Italian citizen of Jewish race,” was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi’s classic account of his ten months in the German death camp, a harrowing story of systematic cruelty and... more
Rankings by Category
Survival in Auschwitz is ranked in the following categories:
- #58 in Bibliography
- #88 in European History
- #39 in Fascism
- #68 in German History
- #59 in Italy
- #33 in Jewish
- #77 in Judaism
- #81 in Poland
- #54 in World War II