Kraus is a young Hungarian Jewish man who briefly works alongside Levi at Auschwitz. Although Levi can see that Kraus must be an excellent civilian since he is earnest, hard-working, and honest, Levi knows that these qualities mean he will not survive long in the camp. This demonstrates the manner in which the moral and practical norms of outside life are inverted in the camp, since those who are good and deserve to live seemed destined to perish.
Kraus Quotes in Survival in Auschwitz
The Survival in Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Kraus or refer to Kraus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14. Kraus
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What a good boy Kraus must have been as a civilian: he will not survive very long here, one can see it at first glance, it is as logical as a theorem.
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Kraus Quotes in Survival in Auschwitz
The Survival in Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Kraus or refer to Kraus. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 14. Kraus
Quotes
What a good boy Kraus must have been as a civilian: he will not survive very long here, one can see it at first glance, it is as logical as a theorem.
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