Thomson, Ian, c 1960-, biographer and journalist
Italian
English
French
German
Levi, Primo (1919-1987): Material regarding biography
1880s-1990s
18 boxes
Wiener Library
WL 1406
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Primo Levi was born in Italy 1919; chemist; prisoner in Auschwitz, Feb 1944-Jan 1945; wrote a number of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels, notably
If This Is a Man
(published in the United States as
Survival in Auschwitz
) documenting Levi's experiences in the Holocaust; died 1987.
Papers compiled by Ian Thomson whilst researching for his biography of Primo Levi
Primo Levi a Biography
, Vintage, 2003, including a unique collection of transcript interviews with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.
The integrity of the original folders has been retained. They have been arranged to reflect material type or subject content.
Concentration camps
Genocide
Holocaust
Humanitarian law
Jews
Nazism
Political doctrines
Religious groups
Third Reich
Totalitarianism
War crimes
Levi
Primo Michele
1919
chemist and author
Thomson
Ian
fl 1960
biographer and journalist
Auschwitz concentration camp
Open
Ian Thomson
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Thomson, Ian,
Primo Levi a Biography
, Vintage, 2003.