Study Group Details


277: Discussion of Survival in Auschwitz, Primo Levi's First Book

Tuesday
1:45 - 3:15
Starting September 24
In-Person

Survival in Auschwitz was written immediately after Primo Levi returned to his home in Turin, Italy, after his imprisonment for eleven months in the death camp. He observed the camp as not only a prisoner, but also as a scientist observing human nature under the most dire and extreme conditions. We will also learn about the situation in Italy which led to the deportations in 1943.


This study group is a repeat with revisions
Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: In-Person
Hours of Reading: 1-2 hrs/week

Study Group Leader(s):

Sam Goodman

Sam Goodman is an Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The George Washington University School of Behavioral Sciences and Medicine. He has also been in private practice in Washington since 1972.


Reading List

Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi) | 1996: Simon & Schuster | ISBN: 978-0684826806 | Required

The Drowned and the Saved (Primo Levi) | 2017: Simon & Schuster | ISBN: 978-1501167638 | Required