{"product_id":"auschwitz-testimonies-1945-1986-hardback-9781509513369","title":"Auschwitz Testimonies; 1945-1986 (Hardback) 9781509513369","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAuschwitz Testimonies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e1945-1986\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePrimo Levi (Author), Leonardo De Benedetti (Author), Fabio Levi (Edited by), Domenico Scarpa (Edited by), Robert S. C. Gordon (Introduction by), Judith Woolf (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509513369, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 October 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.8 x 14.4 x 2.2 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the most important and gifted writers of our time.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eItalo Calvino\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The triumph of human identity and worth over the pathology of human destruction glows virtually everywhere in Levi's writing.... Time and time again we are moved by his narratives of how men refuse erasure.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eToni Morrison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Primo Levi's poise was one of the greatest achievements in the history of the human spirit. His writing restored the honor of humanism after Auschwitz.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLeon Wieseltier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Whether as witness or imaginative artist, Levi stands high among the truly essential European writers of the past century.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMichael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eWashington\u003c\/i\u003e Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Their unvarnished testimony speaks volumes about the weight of responsibility felt by survivors such as Levi to ensure that the world never forgot the 'insane dream of building a thousand-year empire upon millions of corpses and slaves'.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Sydney Morning Herald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Levi writes of unspeakable things with charity, clarity and objectivity.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The publication of \u003ci\u003eAuschwitz Testimonies\u003c\/i\u003e may go some way to fulfil Levi's 40-year post-war odyssey to bear witness to 'the history of today, whose violence is the child of that violence which, by sheer chance, we managed to survive'.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Morning Star\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1945, soon after the liberation of Auschwitz, Soviet authorities in control of the Kattowitz (Katowice) camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his fellow captive Leonardo De Benedetti to compile a detailed report on the sanitary conditions they witnessed in Auschwitz. The result was an extraordinary testimony and one of the first accounts of the extermination camps ever written. Their report, published in a medical journal in 1946, marked the beginnings of Levi’s life-long work as writer, analyst and witness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the subsequent four decades, Levi never ceased to recount his experiences in Auschwitz in a wide variety of texts, many of which are assembled together here for the first time, alongside other testimony from De Benedetti. From early research into the fate of their companions to the deposition written for Eichmann’s trial, \u003ci\u003eAuschwitz Testimonies\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich mosaic of documents, memories and critical reflections of great historic and human value.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderpinned by his characteristically clear language, rigorous method and deep psychological insight, this collection of testimonies, reports and analyses reaffirms Primo Levi’s position as one of the most important chroniclers of the Holocaust. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFigures ix\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslator’s Note x\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Bare Witness 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert S.C. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Report on the Sanitary and Medical Organization of the Monowitz Concentration Camp for Jews (Auschwitz Ð Upper Silesia) 1945-6 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo De Benedetti and Primo Levi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2: Record by Dr. Primo Levi, registration no. 174517 survivor of Monowitz-Buna 1945 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3: Deposition circa 1946 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4: Deposition on Monowitz 1946? 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo De Benedetti\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5: Statement for the Höss Trial 1947 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6: Deposition for the Höss Trial 1947 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo De Benedetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7: Testimony for a fellow prisoner 1953 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8: Anniversary 1955 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9: Denunciation against Dr. Joseph Mengele circa 1959 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo De Benedetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10: Letter to a Fascist’s daughter who wants to know the truth 1959 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11: Miracle in Turin 1959 78\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12: The time of the swastikas 1960 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13: Deposition for the Eichmann Trial 1960 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14: Testimony for Eichmann 1961 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15: Deportation and extermination of the Jews 1961 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16: Statement for the Bosshammer Trial 1965 101\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17: The deportation of the Jews 1966 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e18: Questionnaire for the Bosshammer Trial 1970 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeonardo De Benedetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19: Questionnaire for the Bosshammer Trial 1970 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e20: Deposition for the Bosshammer Trial 1971 121\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e21: The Europe of the Lagers 1973 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e22: This was Auschwitz 1975 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e23: Political deportees 1975 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e24: Draft of a text for the interior of the Italian Block at Auschwitz 1978 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e25: A secret defence committee at Auschwitz 1979 147\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e26: That train to Auschwitz 1979 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e27: In memory of a good man 1983 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e28: To our generationÉ 1986 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX: The train to Auschwitz 1971 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrimo Levi and Leonardo De Benedetti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword: A Witness and the Truth 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFabio Levi and Domenico Scarpa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements 192\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441785270552,"sku":"9781509513369","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509513369.jpg?v=1785025031","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/auschwitz-testimonies-1945-1986-hardback-9781509513369","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}