“Violence walked the streets, smiling, not naked.” (Hans Magnus Enzensberger). Even though the persecution of Jews needed and there was no longer physical violence occurring, many people were still affected. Hand Magnus Enzensberger and Primo Levi wrote about post war Germany and the effects it had and the journey that people have gone through and were still faced with. World War II lasted in 1939 through 1945. It was between the Axis Power which was Hermany, Japan, and Italy and the allied powers which was Britain, France, Australia and the US. It was a mass genocide of Jews, which totaled up to more than 80 million people. In European literature, authors shed light on the affects and the outcomes of post war Germany. It sheds light on how the …show more content…
The environment was heavily affected after World War II. It all starts with the first processes. In “Survival In Auschwitz”, Primo Levi wrote about his experience and the recalls to the moment when he first arrived at the camp. He describes in detail the sign that he saw, which was translated from German to English, “work gives freedom.” (435) Primo Levi paints the picture this. The fact that is was “brightly illuminated” shows the importance of work. It is stressed and and in camps, people were forced into labor. The working environment of the people held in the camps were so horrible that many have died because of the infections, starvation, and overwprled bodies. After WWII, there were still lingering effects on the towns and overall in Germany. “Violence walked the streets, smiling, not naked.” It is implying that ‘violence’ is a person and it is actuallly walking the streets. There was lingering effect and memories of the