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Primo Levi, who survived Auschwitz for more than a year, uses this book to examine the mechanisms that enabled the mass murder of millions. Through personal recollection and historical analysis, he seeks to understand how a nation could construct a system capable of such atrocity.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Primo Levi
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