Primo Levi

Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor

Primo Levi was an Italian Jewish writer, chemist, and Holocaust survivor. He was born on July 31, 1919, in Turin, Italy, and died on April 11, 1987, in Turin, Italy. Levi was a prominent figure in the Italian Resistance during World War II and was imprisoned in Auschwitz concentration camp from 1944 to 1945. After the war, he wrote several books, including his memoir "If This Is a Man", which is considered one of the...