My Thoughts On Survival In Auschwitz

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Honestly, I don't have a whole lot to say about Survival In Auschwitz. I feel like it's already been said. I can however say that I think it's impressive how much Levi went through in the camp and still survived. He suffered through carrying chemicals that burn skin on contact, starvation, disease, and back-breaking labor. And yet, he was still able to survive. Also, it's impressive that he was able to write about his experiences after it was all over. After experiencing traumatic events like this, people typically get PTSD, repress the memory, or outright refuse to talk about it, but Levi- he wrote a memoir depicting his life in the camp. I think that's impressive because without people like Levi, we will have no clue as to the true nature of what went on in the camps.

Edit: Commented on Breanna Poole's and Rachael Gregson's posts 

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Jamie Peters said…
I like your post, it is very straight forward. I, too, had difficulty finding something to write about, but it seems we both found something. It is amazing to me how much he did in those last ten days in order that his ward room would survive, even though he had scarlet fever. He was not kidding when he said he finally felt like a man again, looking out for others more than yourself.
February 9, 2020 at 6:16 PM
AnnaKate Burleson said…
I appreciate your honesty, Logan. Reducing Levi's memoir to a talking point definitely feels like it minimizes the trauma he experienced, not to mention the lives that were lost.I agree with you that Levi's resilience is deeply impressive, especially considering that he wrote this a mere few years after his liberation. I can't imagine that I would be able to write a memoir this detailed as quickly as he did about something this traumatic and dehumanizing. But I'm so thankful that he did, because without him we would have a much less detailed and human understanding of what really happened. We can look at statistics all day long, but memoirs like Levi's are what make us truly understand the horrors of the Holocaust.
February 10, 2020 at 10:12 AM
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