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The Brutality of Life at Auschwitz

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Drawing on segments from the television series, "Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State," this lesson examines the dynamics of daily existence at Auschwitz. Holocaust survivor and author Primo Levi has aptly referred to Auschwitz as the univers concentrationnaire-a world of values and behaviors alien to those of us who did not inhabit the Auschwitz landscape during the Holocaust.