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Leonardo de Benedetti

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Period
  
1947–61

Language
  
Italian

Genre
  
Autobiography, essay


Nationality
  
Jewish-Italian

Name
  
Leonardo Benedetti

Alma mater
  
University of Turin

Education
  
University of Turin

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Born
  
15 September 1898 Turin, Italy (
1898-09-15
)

Died
  
October 16, 1983, Turin, Italy

Occupation
  
Writer, medical doctor

Leonardo de Benedetti (born September 15, 1898 in Turin, Italy; died October 16, 1983) was an Italian Jew and physician who was interned in the Auschwitz concentration camp from February 1944 until its liberation in January 1945. After the end of the Second World War he and fellow inmate Primo Levi wrote Auschwitz Report, a factual report of conditions inside the camp.

References

Leonardo de Benedetti Wikipedia