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Robert Antelme

Born

in Sartène, Corsica, France

January 05, 1917

Died

October 26, 1990

Genre

Nonfiction

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Robert Antelme was a French writer. During the Second World War he was involved in the French Resistance. Antelme was arrested and deported on 1 July 1944. He was at Buchenwald, then Gandersheim. After the end of the war François Mitterrand found Antelme in a terrible state while visiting the Dachau concentration camp and organised his return to Paris. Antelme later wrote L'Espèce humaine (1947) depicting his experiences in the camps. The book related his experience of detention in concentration camps. More than just a memoir of the hardships of a concentration camp, it was also a philosophical reflection on humanity. ...more

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	The Human Race by Robert Antelme, Jeffrey Haight (Translation), Annie Mahler (Translation) 4.24 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1947 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Textes inédits, Sur L'espèce humaine, Essais et témoignages 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vengeance ? 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1945 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Espèce humaine et autres écrits des camps by Robert Antelme, Jean Cayrol, Charlotte Delbo really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“During the days that followed our return, we were all, I think, seized by a veritable delirium. We wished to speak, to be heard at last. And yet, it was impossible. We had hardly begun to speak and we were choking.”
― Robert Antelme, The Human Race

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