Summary Of Survival In Auschwitz By Primo Levi

Horrors found in history are complex concepts to grasp as they can seem extreme and/or made up. Regardless, individuals write about their stories in hopes the horrific events they endured, will not happen to other people. In history a known group who was horribly harmed were the Jews during World War II. Survivors of this time have written books, participated in interviews, and told their stories of what time in German concentration camps were like. Believing these stories can be difficult because the horrific actions taken against these people are unimaginable.
Primo Levi is an example of one who wrote a book, titled Survival in Auschwitz, to tell his story. His book shows the mindset one might have if put in extreme conditions. Moreover, …show more content…
Hope was an action that almost denied that the present was reality. By engaging in this action, captives were not fully able to secure successful futures by providing for themselves what they could at the time. Each part of your day has to be considered to survive. What can be traded? What can be created? Can I sell this for something greater? All these questions lead one to push on farther and find a means to survive. Each person had a responsibility to themselves to find what they could and trade it for something greater for a price that best suited them. Those in camp sought how to gain what they could from anything they could. Choosing yourself in an extermination camp was not selfish it was survival. By allowing others to pass you by was writing a death sentence which the Germans already had pinned above one’s head. Survival was taking advantage to provide for yourself. The mental process was not egocentric but sustaining. This mentality was not fostered on its own but forced to come about from those oppressing individuals in the concentration camps. Allowing for quality of care to fall gravely lower than would be accepted even under less than standard