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- 1880s-1990s (Creation)
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18 boxes
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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.
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GB 1556 WL 1406 1880s-1990s Collection level 18 boxes Thomson , Ian , c 1960- , biographer and journalist
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.
Ian Thomson
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with Levi and his friends, colleagues and relatives; original and copies of correspondence and publications and unpublished articles on all aspects of Levi's life and work.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.
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Italian, English, French and German
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Thomson, Ian, Primo Levi a Biography, Vintage, 2003.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
March 2008 Auschwitz concentration camp Concentration camps Genocide Holocaust Humanitarian law Jews Levi , Primo Michele , 1919-1987 , chemist and author Nazism Political doctrines Religious groups Third Reich Thomson , Ian , fl 1960-2003 , biographer and journalist Totalitarianism War crimes
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Ian Thomson
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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.
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The integrity of the original folders has been retained. They have been arranged to reflect material type or subject content.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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Italian, English, French and German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English