What aspects of Primo Levi's works are considered historically inaccurate?
Upvote:3
I read through a lot of reviews, and the only thing I could find hinting at any inaccuracy at all was his own narrative voice. It turns out he had a life-long battle with depression (before and after the camp). I'm not sure why that particular reviewer thought that fact ought to have been more obvious from the reading, but they did.*
I can't find any inkling of someone suggesting the basic facts may be off, and several reviewers claiming historical expertise saying they jibe with what they know independently.
So unless something pops up, it seems fair to treat it as historically accurate. Of course there really are no dearth of first-hand accounts floating around, so it would be trivial to insulate yourself from any inaccuracies in one by reading some of the others too.
* I have three such people in my family, an there's only one its really obvious when they are suffering
More post
- 📝 What was the population of the Umayyad Caliphate in 750 CE?
- 📝 Did NATO promise Gorbachev not to accept membership applications from former Warsaw Pact nations?
- 📝 Why did the United States Army force Nez Perce to give up their own land?
- 📝 How do archaeologists prove that two settlements belonged to the same civilization?
- 📝 Can Bill Clinton run for president of France?
- 📝 Why was air support not provided during the Battle of Mogadishu, 1993 (Black Hawk Down)?
- 📝 What were the heir and children of monarchs with the titles "Grand Prince" or "Prince" called?
- 📝 Maximum speed of communication prior to Trans-Atlantic Cable?
- 📝 Why was Washington State an attractive site for aluminum production during World War II?
- 📝 Flag with dark border and light inner?
- 📝 Can members of the Electoral College vote in opposition of their state's popular vote if they deem the president-elect unfit to serve?
- 📝 Where is Hermodontus?
- 📝 Given the concern about Soviet oil in World War II, why is so little mention made of captured Soviet coal reserves?
- 📝 What's the oldest treaty still being enforced?
- 📝 Why was the US table tennis team sent to communist China even after a difference in ideology?
- 📝 What was the cost of buying Silk in the Roman Empire
- 📝 Why were the Romans unable to conquer Germania?
- 📝 What transit restrictions were in place in Occupied Germany limiting military and civilian movement between the four occupation zones?
- 📝 When was the last bull & bear fight in California?
- 📝 Origin of left and right-hand road traffic rules, respectively
- 📝 Did American leaders give any serious consideration to proceeding with Nixon's impeachment and trial after he resigned?
- 📝 Why are the USA and Canada's states border so straight?
- 📝 Were there duststorms in Louisiana in the 1930's?
- 📝 How did Lincoln's views change up to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?
- 📝 Are the Nazi Party, Communist Party, and Bolsheviks far-right or far-left?
- 📝 When were the most reigning monarchs related to each other?
- 📝 Why is the Bishopric of Canterbury located in London?
- 📝 Was it common to address politicians by their first names / nicknames in the past?
- 📝 How did society regard identical twins in the 17th century in Europe?
- 📝 Alexander the Great and Religion
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 What aspects of Primo Levi's works are considered historically inaccurate?
- 📝 Are these outfits of children of Nazis historically accurate, and if so, what is their meaning?
- 📝 What are recent historically significant accounts of direct democracy?
- 📝 What are some examples of Enlightenment works that would definitively not be Romantic?
- 📝 Did Adolf Hitler ever address the fact that his own appearance was almost an exact opposite of what he considered the ideal Aryan appearance?
- 📝 What are the factors that caused the new world civilizations to be less technologically advanced than the old world?
- 📝 What is a major historical event historians are deeply divided over?
- 📝 Are there any documented examples of wooden ships which were in active service for 100 years or more? If not, what is the longest?
- 📝 What are the text and subtext of this 1949 Soviet cartoon?
- 📝 Why are the French and Indian Wars / Seven Years' War not considered WW 1?
- 📝 What are good online sources for historical maps?
- 📝 What are some Chinese sources testifying the extreme weather events of 535-536 CE?
- 📝 What are these historical references (from a novel)?
- 📝 Who are the three men standing and what are they holding at this University of Paris Doctors' Meeting?
- 📝 What are some examples of nations that involuntarily gained independence?
- 📝 What are the primary sources for the Mongol sack of Baghdad?
- 📝 What are some indicators that distinguish pseudo-history from actual history?
- 📝 What are the hay effigies in this Japanese movie?
- 📝 What are all fantastic creatures on The Nile mosaic of Palestrina?
- 📝 What are the most comprehensive historical references for ancient India?
- 📝 What (primary) sources are there on the life of female slaves in Classical Greece, more specifically Athens?
- 📝 What uniform are these gentlemen wearing?
- 📝 What are the origins of Pakistani laws on "blasphemy?"
- 📝 What are the problems archaeologists face in deciphering the Indus Valley writing?
- 📝 What are those X in top of the flag?
- 📝 What are the "ancient liberties" of the City of London?
- 📝 What size are these mosaics of Justinian and Theodora?
- 📝 What are the reasons of the ethnical fragmentation of the Caucasus?
- 📝 What do historians do when there are no sources?
- 📝 What are the origins of sizing a squad in modern foot drill?