Primo Levi – Matter of a Life – Berel Lang purim In our new Year 11

In our new Year 11 Resource Pack

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Puffin Books Publishing

Primo Levi – Matter of a Life – Berel Lang purim In our new Year 11From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, the first intellectual biography of Primo Levi to describe the intersection of his roles as both chemist and writer. In 1943, twenty four year old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a partisan group, he was captured by the Italian Fascist Militia and deported to Auschwitz. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his transport, he was one of fewer than 25 who survived the eleven months