Leonardo de Benedetti explained

Leonardo De Benedetti
Birth Date:15 September 1898
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Death Place:Turin, Italy
Occupation:Writer, medical doctor
Language:Italian
Nationality:Italian
Education:Degree in medicine
Alma Mater:University of Turin
Period:1947–61
Genre:Autobiography, essay
Spouse:Jolanda De Benedetti, born Jolanda De Benedetti

Leonardo de Benedetti (15 September 1898 – 16 October 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.

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