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Auschwitz testimonies, 1945-1986, Primo Levi, Leonardo de Benedetti

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Auschwitz testimonies, 1945-1986

Primo Levi, Leonardo de Benedetti

In 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. In 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, Auschwitz Testimonies is a rich mosaic of documents, memories and critical reflections of great historic and human value. Underpinned 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

1.Report on the Sanitary and Medical Organization of the Monowitz Concentration Camp for Jews (Auschwitz --- Upper Silesia) 1945-6 / Primo Levi -- 2.Record by Dr Primo Levi, Registration No. 174517, Survivor of Monowitz-Buna 1945 / Primo Levi -- 3.Deposition Circa 1946 / Primo Levi -- 4.Deposition on Monowitz 1946? / Leonardo De Benedetti -- 5.Statement for the Hoss Trial 1947 / Primo Levi -- 6.Deposition for the Hoss Trial 1947 / Leonardo De Benedetti -- 7.Testimony for a Fellow Prisoner 1953 / Primo Levi -- 8.Anniversary 1955 / Primo Levi -- 9.Denunciation against Dr Joseph Mengele circa 1959 / Leonardo De Benedetti -- 10.Letter to a Fascist's Daughter Who Wants to Know the Truth 1959 / Primo Levi -- 11.Miracle in Turin 1959 / Primo Levi -- 12.The Time of the Swastikas 1960 / Primo Levi -- 13.Deposition for the Eichmann Trial 1960 / Primo Levi -- 14.Testimony for Eichmann 1961 / Primo Levi -- 15.Deportation and Extermination of the Jews 1961 / Primo Levi -- 16.Statement for the Bosshammer Trial 1965 / Primo Levi -- 17.The Deportation of the Jews 1966 / Primo Levi -- 18.Questionnaire for the Bosshammer Trial 1970 / Leonardo De Benedetti -- 19.Questionnaire for the Bosshammer Trial 1970 / Primo Levi -- 20.Deposition for the Bosshammer Trial 1971 / Primo Levi -- 21.The Europe of the Lagers 1973 / Primo Levi -- 22.This Was Auschwitz 1975 / Primo Levi -- 23.Political Deportees 1975 / Primo Levi -- 24.Draft of a Text for the Interior of the Italian Block at Auschwitz 1978 / Primo Levi -- 25.A Secret Defence Committee at Auschwitz 1979 / Primo Levi -- 26.That Train to Auschwitz 1979 / Primo Levi -- 27.In Memory of a Good Man 1983 / Primo Levi -- 28.To Our Generation ... 1986 / Primo Levi