Summary Of The Story Of Ten Days

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Critical Analysis of ‘The Story of Ten Days’
Holocaust ended more than a lifetime ago. However, the horrific extermination of millions of Europe’s Jews is still fresh in many people’s minds. The feeling of hatred and remorse continue to manifest in new generation of Jews in the Middle East and other parts of the globe. It is not surprising that the subject is considered a taboo in most circles including amongst Germany’s population. The concern for a likelihood of its recurrence surpasses racial lines or religious faiths. Many people feel that the inhumane holocaust acts can never be justified. Primo Levi’s The Story of Ten Days attempts to capture events as they happened during the fateful moment.
For the past sixty years, holocaust survivors, readers and writers try to answer a question on how authors should
It is true that most people are grateful for the oblivion: the blissful absence of first hand encounter and knowledge of the planet’s worst crimes against mankind and crimes at the heart of human nature. Nonetheless, it is every reader’s responsibility to seek an understanding as much as possible and to the victims and villains. Levi ends The Story of Ten Days in a tone filled with a fragile, quiet sense of hope—he hopes against all odds that humankind will retrace its footsteps to humanity. Levi states that “After a few minutes it was obvious that the camp had been struck. Two huts were burning fiercely, another two had been pulverized, but they were all empty. […] The Germans were no longer there. The towers were empty” (Levi 157). This symbolizes the end of Nazi mistreatment and a hope for a new life amidst chaos. It is this hopeful tone that qualifies Levi’s work as one of the greatest post-war literature exploring human nature, error and the terrible consequences that ensue should humans fail to understand each