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If This Is a Man

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If This Is a Man (Italian: Se questo è un uomo; United States title: Survival in Auschwitz) is a memoir by Italian Jewish writer Primo Levi, first published in 1947. [1]

51 relations: Arbeit macht frei, Auschwitz concentration camp, Beatrice and Virgil, Ben Whishaw, Bibliography of The Holocaust, Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy in popular culture, Famine food, Five Chimneys, Flowers for Hitler, Fossoli di Carpi, George Whalley, Heinrich Bütefisch, History of the Jews in Greece, History of the Jews in Thessaloniki, Index of World War II articles (I), Innamoramento, Italian literature, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, List of autobiographies, List of compositions by Ennio Morricone, List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2011–present), List of Italians, List of Jewish atheists and agnostics, List of memoirs of political prisoners, List of non-fiction writers, Little, Brown Book Group, Lorenzo Perrone, Louisiana Literature festival, Ludwig Gattermann, Memoir, Moments of Reprieve, Monowitz concentration camp, Muselmann, Patrick Descamps, Primo (film), Primo Levi, Project Aladdin, Rêver, Souviens-toi du jour, State collapse, The Drowned and the Saved, The Holocaust in popular culture, The Truce, Time's Arrow (novel), Timeline of Italian history, War novel, Writer, Z213: Exit, 1947 in literature, 1957 in literature, ..., 20th century in literature. Expand index (1 more) »

Arbeit macht frei

"Arbeit macht frei" is a German phrase meaning "work sets you free".

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Auschwitz concentration camp

Auschwitz concentration camp was a network of concentration and extermination camps built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.

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Beatrice and Virgil

Beatrice and Virgil is Canadian writer Yann Martel's third novel.

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Ben Whishaw

Benjamin John Whishaw (born 14 October 1980) is an English actor.

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Bibliography of The Holocaust

This is a selected bibliography and other resources for The Holocaust, including prominent primary sources, historical studies, notable survivor accounts and autobiographies, as well as other documentation and further hypotheses.

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Dante Alighieri and the Divine Comedy in popular culture

The works of Dante Alighieri – particularly the Divine Comedy, widely considered his masterpiece – have been a source of inspiration for various artists since their publications in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

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Famine food

A famine food or poverty food is any inexpensive or readily available food used to nourish people in times of hunger and starvation, whether caused by extreme poverty such as during economic depression; by natural disasters, such as drought; or by war or genocide.

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Five Chimneys

Five Chimneys, originally published in French as Souvenirs de l'au-delà (Memoirs from the Beyond), is the memoir of Olga Lengyel.

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Flowers for Hitler

Flowers for Hitler is Canadian poet and composer Leonard Cohen's third collection of poetry, first published in 1964 by McClelland & Stewart.

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Fossoli di Carpi

Campo di Fossoli was a deportation camp in Italy during World War II, located in the village Fossoli, Carpi, Emilia-Romagna.

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George Whalley

George Whalley (25 July 1915 – 27 May 1983) was a scholar, poet, naval officer and secret intelligence agent during World War II, CBC broadcaster, musician, biographer, and translator.

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Heinrich Bütefisch

Heinrich Bütefisch (24 February 1894, Hanover5 September 1969, Essen) was a German chemist, manager at IG Farben, and Nazi war criminal.

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History of the Jews in Greece

Jews have been present in Greece since at least the fourth century BC.

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History of the Jews in Thessaloniki

The history of the Jews of Thessaloniki, (Greece) reaches back two thousand years.

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Index of World War II articles (I)

# I'll Remember April (film).

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Innamoramento

Innamoramento is the fifth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on 7 April 1999.

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Italian literature

Italian literature is written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy.

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Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century

The 100 Books of the Century (Les cent livres du siècle) is a list of the one hundred best books of the 20th century, according to a poll conducted in the spring of 1999 by the French retailer Fnac and the Paris newspaper Le Monde.

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List of autobiographies

The following is a list of notable autobiographies.

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List of compositions by Ennio Morricone

This is a list of compositions by composer, orchestrator and conductor Ennio Morricone.

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List of Desert Island Discs episodes (2011–present)

The BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs invites castaways to choose eight pieces of music, a book (in addition to the Bible – or a religious text appropriate to that person's beliefs – and the Complete Works of Shakespeare) and a luxury item that they would take to an imaginary desert island, where they will be marooned indefinitely.

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List of Italians

This is a list of Italians, who are identified with the Italian nation through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

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List of Jewish atheists and agnostics

Based on Jewish law's emphasis on matrilineal descent, even religiously conservative Orthodox Jewish authorities would accept an atheist born to a Jewish mother as fully Jewish.

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List of memoirs of political prisoners

A memoir is an autobiographical writing normally dealing with a particular subject from the author's life.

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List of non-fiction writers

The term non-fiction writer covers vast numbers of fields and writers.

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Little, Brown Book Group

Little, Brown Book Group is a UK publishing company.

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Lorenzo Perrone

Lorenzo Perrone (1904—1952) born in Fossano, in Cuneo province, Italy, was one of a group of skilled Italian bricklayers working under contract to the Boetti company, who were transferred to Auschwitz according to the camp expansion plan.

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Louisiana Literature festival

Louisiana Literature festival is an annual festival taking place at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 30 miles North of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Ludwig Gattermann

Ludwig Gattermann (20 April 1860 – 20 June 1920) was a German chemist who contributed significantly to both organic and inorganic chemistry.

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Memoir

A memoir (US: /ˈmemwɑːr/; from French: mémoire: memoria, meaning memory or reminiscence) is a collection of memories that an individual writes about moments or events, both public or private, that took place in the subject's life.

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Moments of Reprieve

Moments of Reprieve is a book of autobiographical character studies/vignettes by Primo Levi.

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Monowitz concentration camp

Monowitz (also called Monowitz-Buna or Auschwitz III) was initially established as a subcamp of Nazi Germany's Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Muselmann

Muselmann (pl. Muselmänner, the German version of Musulman, meaning Muslim) was a slang term used among captives of World War II Nazi concentration camps to refer to those suffering from a combination of starvation (known also as "hunger disease") and exhaustion and who were resigned to their impending death.

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Patrick Descamps

Patrick Descamps (born 13 December 1956) is a Belgian actor and stage director.

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Primo (film)

Primo is a 2005 film directed by Richard Wilson, starring the BAFTA-nominated Antony Sher and broadcast by HBO and the BBC.

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Primo Levi

Primo Michele Levi (31 July 1919 – 11 April 1987) was an Italian Jewish chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor.

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Project Aladdin

Project Aladdin is a multi-faceted cultural initiative launched in March 2009 under the patronage of UNESCO with the aim of countering Holocaust denial and all forms of racism and intolerance, while promoting intercultural dialogue, particularly among Muslims and Jews.

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Rêver

"Rêver" (English: "Dreaming") is a 1995 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer.

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Souviens-toi du jour

"Souviens-toi du jour" (English: "Remember the Day") is a 1999 song recorded by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer.

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State collapse

State collapse, breakdown, or downfall is the complete failure of a mode of government within a sovereign state.

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The Drowned and the Saved

The Drowned and the Saved (I sommersi e i salvati) is a book of essays on life in the Nazi extermination camps by Italian-Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, drawing on his personal experience as a survivor of Auschwitz (Monowitz).

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The Holocaust in popular culture

There is a wide range of ways in which people have represented the Holocaust in popular culture.

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The Truce

The Truce (La tregua) is a book by the Italian author Primo Levi.

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Time's Arrow (novel)

Time's Arrow: or The Nature of the Offence (1991) is a novel by Martin Amis.

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Timeline of Italian history

This is a timeline of Italian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Italy and its predecessor states.

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War novel

A war novel (military fiction) is a novel in which the primary action takes place on a battlefield, or in a civilian setting (or home front), where the characters are either preoccupied with the preparations for, suffering the effects of, or recovering from war.

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Writer

A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate their ideas.

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Z213: Exit

Z213: Exit is the first installment of the Poena Damni trilogy by Greek author Dimitris Lyacos.

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1947 in literature

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1947.

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1957 in literature

This article presents lists of literary events and publications in 1957.

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20th century in literature

Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_This_Is_a_Man

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