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Survival in Auschwitz

Primo Levi. Survival in Auschwitz. Primo Levi Background. Basic Facts: Born in Turin, Italy in 1919 Died 1987 May have been a suicide Graduated from University of Turin Bachelor’s in Science Worked in a pharmaceutical laboratory until 1943 Nazi’s invaded Northern Italy.

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Survival in Auschwitz

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  1. Primo Levi Survival in Auschwitz

  2. Primo Levi Background • Basic Facts: • Born in Turin, Italy in 1919 • Died 1987 • May have been a suicide • Graduated from University of Turin • Bachelor’s in Science • Worked in a pharmaceutical laboratory until 1943 • Nazi’s invaded Northern Italy

  3. Trading in glasses for a gun • Joined a rebel group against Germans and Italian Fascists in Italy • Betrayed by own men • Turned over to Germans • Served in Auschwitz until Russian Army advanced • Germans tried to move as many as they could • Levi left because of illness – saved his life

  4. Auschwitz Concentration Camp

  5. By the Numbers • Said to be the largest camp of its kind • In total, approximately • 1.1 million Jews were deported to Auschwitz.  • At least • 960,000 Jews were killed in Auschwitz. • Other victims included approximately 395,000 • 74,000 Poles, • 21,000 Roma (Gypsies) • 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war • 10,000-15,000 members of other nationalities (Soviet civilians, Czechs, Yugoslavs, French, Germans, and Austrians).

  6. Two types • Generally, a camp served one of two purposes • Concentration • Meant to work people • Extermination • Meant to eliminate large masses of people • By means of an assembly line • Auschwitz • Meant to do both • Therefore, many did not survive in Auschwitz

  7. Life • Meant to be a “dehumanizing” existence • Hierarchical I.D. System • Based on nationality and grounds for incarceration • Higher social status = better job • Lower social status = Manual labor • Level of health played a factor • Kept Germans from having to be too involved • Focus on other tasks

  8. Life • Taken from homes • Several day train trips • Packed like cattle without food/water • If inmate • Stripped naked and searched • Shaved all body hair • Provided old, torn clothing • Sexual Abuse

  9. Works Cited • Poemhunter.com. The Biography of Primo Levi. http://www.poemhunter.com/primo-levi/biography/. PoemHunter.com. 2013. • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Auschwitz. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005189. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Washington D.C. May 11, 2012. • Museum of Tolerance Online. Chapter 7: The Camps. http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/site/pp.asp?c=gvKVLcMVIuG&b=394849. The Simon Wiesenthal Center. Los Angeles, California. 1997.

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