http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/primo-levi Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:16:08 -0400 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:16:08 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/379/primo-levis-use-of-poetic-language-to-promote-cross-cultural-understanding-in-survival-in-auschwitz By Kristina S. Ten - Though the Holocaust ended nearly a lifetime ago, the systematic extermination of two- thirds of Europe’s Jewish population has left immutable memories that continue to manifest themselves within each new generation of citizens worldwide. The subject itself remains taboo in many circles, surpassing lines of faith and race alike in both its inability to be justified and the terrifying likelihood of its reoccurrence. In Caren S. Neile’s “Poetry after Auschwitz,” the author asks: “Again and again the expression ‘unspeakable horror’ appears in discussions... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:18 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/379/primo-levis-use-of-poetic-language-to-promote-cross-cultural-understanding-in-survival-in-auschwitz http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/204/moral-adaptation-in-primo-levis-survival-in-auschwitz By Ryan A. Piccirillo - The holocaust proved that morality is adaptable in extreme circumstances.  Traditional morality ceased to be so within the barbed wire of the concentration camps. Within the camps, prisoners were not treated like humans and therefore adapted animalistic behavior necessary to survive. The “ordinary moral world” (86) Primo Levi cites in Survival in Auschwitz, ceases to exist; the meanings and applications of words like “good,” “evil,” “just,” and “unjust” begin to fuse and the differences between these polar opposites become... Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/204/moral-adaptation-in-primo-levis-survival-in-auschwitz