Describe in detail the circumstances under which Primo Levi was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia in 1943 and transported to aushwitz
Describe in detail the circumstances under which Primo Levi was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia in 1943 and transported to aushwitz
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Describe in detail the circumstances under which Primo Levi was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia in 1943 and transported to aushwitz ?
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Introduction
Primo Levi is known for his memoirs, “If this is a man” and “The Periodic table”. The Italian Jewish Chemist faced all odds and survived a year of torture at Auschwitz.
Explanation
The circumstances under which Primo Levi was captured were:-
- Fascism had swept across Italy. The Fascist regime aimed to control all the aspects of the social and economic life of its citizens.
- The Italian racial laws came into force in 1938. These sets of laws enforced racial discrimination in Italy.
- The laws directly targeted the Italian Jews.
- The laws forbade the Jews to study in state-sponsored schools.
- The atmosphere of Italy was filled with racial arrogance and prejudice against the educated Jews.
- The Anti-Semitism raged high at this time. Jews were fired, boycotted, persecuted, and forced to flee.
- Primo Levi and his Jewish race did not allow him to get any job.
- The concentration camps came into existence to wipe the entire race of Jews.
- Various Italian Partisans fought in irregular military groups as part of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Fascist forces during the 1940s.
- Primo Levi used a false identity to get a job. The fear of persecution made him and his family flee to Northern Italy, where he joined the comrades, but he was caught by the Fascist forces.
- Primo to avoid getting shot for being a Partisan, confessed to being Jewish. He was sent to the concentration camp.
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