Because Levi received the job at the lab he was given a much greater ability to combine and get what he needed by stealing what was around him. This gave me a Hogan's Heroes vibe. For anyone who doesn't know the show Hogan's Heroes is an old show about a group of American pows in a German camp. Their leader's name is Hogan and they get into silly antics by messing with the stupid Germans. They eventually dig tunnels under the camp and acquire enough materials to relay information about the germans back to the Americans. I was reminded of this show because Levi seemed to be the Hogan of the camp. He could find the materials people needed or knew someone who could find them and in a way undermine the Nazis by going behind their back to get whatever he needed. All in all, I'm glad there was at least somewhat of a happy ending to the book and that Levi managed to communicate and find his friends from the camp. The question as to why he wrote this book still bothers me. I suppose he felt the need to get these stories off his chest and into the public.
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Usually, whenever a Jewish survivor of the Holocaust writes a book detailing their past experiences, we never hear what happened to the author's friends. While I understand that most writers do this because they don't want to met-up with someone just to inevitably talk about their shared trauma, I do appreciate Levi giving us some epilogue on his companions.