Ethical grey zones: on coercion and complicity in the concentration camp and beyond
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Ethical grey zones: on coercion and complicity in the concentration camp and beyond
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0546
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]10607aa
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Hoboken, New Jersey, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Wiley
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2020
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp487-501
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
NotesArticle from the book 'A companion to the Holocaust' pp487-501
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Primo Levi took on a taboo subject, overturning black and white notions of innocence and guilt in Auschwitz, in favour of a more nuanced approach of how coercion structured the camp and how it left survivors complicit and ashamed. His "grey zone" breaks down the victim/perpetrator binary and it frustrates our ability to judge the prisoners' behavior