At the Mind's Limits

At the Mind's Limits
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 132
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ISBN-13 : 0253211735
ISBN-10 : 9780253211736
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Book Synopsis At the Mind's Limits by : Jean Amery

Download or read book At the Mind's Limits written by Jean Amery and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Amery (1921-1978) was born in Vienna and in 1938 emigrated to Belgium, where he joined the Resistance. He was caught by the Germans in 1943, tortured by the SS, and survived the next two years in the concentration camps. In five autobiographical essays, Amery describes his survival--mental, moral, and physical--through the enormity and horror of the Holocaust.


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