Survival In Auschwitz Meaning

Death, fear, annihilation, hunger, revenge, hate, what do all these things have in common? The answer is rather simple: World War II. While this bloody conflict can be characterized by a variety of acts, both evil and honorary, the focus here, will be on the depraved nature of Hitler’s death camps. After reading Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi, I was a Doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl, and This way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, one can begin the interpret the true meaning of the age ole phrase “Hell on Earth.” In the following pages, these three stories will be reviewed, and hopefully, by the end of this essay, all readers will understand why such an act can never happen again. First, this analysis will begin by taking a look at the the work of Primo Levi. In Survival in Auschwitz, the reader is thrown into the world of Primo Levi, a 24 year-old Italian chemist, and Jew, who has run away from home, and is captured by the Fascist party of Italy. Following his capture, Levi is placed in a detention camp. The camp is full of a variety of people including, Jews, POW’s, and anti-fascist; enemies of the state. After a couple of weeks, in the camp, Levi, and all other Jews, are jammed into a train on their way to Auschwitz,
In this short story, the reader is put into the life of Boroski, a Polish camp worker. In his camp, the edibles left behind by the Jews sent to death, become the spoils of work. Also, being non-Jewish, his camp life was a lot better. He enjoyed the luxury of mail, more food, and acceptable clothing, as opposed to the Jewish. The food from the Jewish was collected by a group known as the Canada. It was the duty of this group to collect the belonging of the incoming Jews, and o separate them into two groups: Those who were to be gassed, and those who were to be used for hard