The Drowned and the Saved

Name: The Drowned and the Saved
Author: Primo Levi

by Primo Levi

Essays reflecting on Holocaust memory, violence, and the human capacity for evil

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Primo Levi

Levi's If This Is a Man (Survival in Auschwitz) is one of the most measured and morally exacting accounts of the Holocaust, written by a chemist who applied scientific observation to the worst experience the 20th century produced. His clarity and humanity are unmatched.

More by Primo Levi

If This Is a ManTestimony of survival and dehumanization in Nazi concentration camps
The TruceMemoir documenting the author's journey home across Eastern Europe after liberation
The Periodic TableLinked stories interweaving chemistry with autobiography and moral reflection
If Not Now When?Partisan resistance saga during WWII exploring violence, identity, and survival
The Monkey's WrenchNovel about an engineer's friendship and conversations exploring work and meaning