Throughout the book Survival in Auschwitz, written by Primo Levi in 1947, the author presents the reader with a first person perspective of living and surviving during a daunting time of struggle. While imprisoned in Auschwitz, the most notorious concentration camp across Europe, Levi reveals the horrid events that transpired during his time there. Over the course of the story, the reader truly can understand the reality of genocide and realize the harsh truth that inevitability took place. Prior to reading the book, it seemed the author, Levi, wanted to depict what happened to the individual living in a concentration camp, hence the title. Moreover, Primo Levi wanted to illustrate the abhorrence of the camp itself and the difficulty of simply surviving each day. Subsequent to reading the novel, the reader is successful in gaining an entire new insight of what happened in the camps and what the prisoners had gone through. Likewise, Primo Levi does an exceptional job in explaining his horrifying story, thus making himself successful in reaching his goal. Therefore, all readers looking to gain knowledge regarding concentration camps as well as the Holocaust in general should read this book. Although born in Turin, Italy, Primo Levi was raised in an easygoing, Jewish family. However, once the German government gained control of Italy in 1943, Levi joined the Italian resistance movement to display his strong dispute over German control. Consequently, Levi was arrested and detained for a couple of days. Unfortunately, Levi’s Jewish heritage was uncovered and he was transported to Auschwitz in Poland. As a result, Primo Levi had to live in the appalling concentration camp known as Auschwitz for a little less than a year. Through writing this book, Primo Levi proves his ultimate goal of displaying his story in order for the memories and stories of the Holocaust to live on. Levi even says the book was also written to, “study certain aspects of the human mind.” This quote shows the most unbelievable part, which means humans had the thought and power to simply