Holocaust Analytical Essay

Write a 4-5 page paper that addresses one of the following sets of questions:

1) How does Primo Levi account for the Holocaust? How does one survive in Auschwitz, and what does this tell us about the Nazi system of governance? Was the Holocaust due to a unique set of historical circumstances, or might it happen again?

2) How does Primo Levi’s account of the Holocaust compare and contrast with that offered by Alain Renais in Night and Fog? (Night and Fog is a film we will watch in class on Wednesday, November 28, but it is also available for streaming via kanopy.com via libraries.colorado.edu.) Although many of the details presented in the book and the film are similar, are there any ways that they offer different accounts of the Holocaust? Which is better at accounting for the historical origins of the Holocaust? Why?

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