Monday 25 June 2012

If this is a man - Primo Levi


We say:*****

Deported to Auschwitz in 1943, Primo Levi was one of the very few to make the journey back to Italy after the war ended.

This is a touching narrative of, not only his days in the concentration camp but also what it is that makes us who we are.

Written in the gentlest of voices, he describes his days in hell factually, humanely and without ever allowing himself to be cast as a victim.

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are…the functionaries ready to believe and act without asking questions.”
It should be essential reading in every school.

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