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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 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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Many months into Levi’s internment in Auschwitz, when he is considered an “old hand” by most in the camp—since he has survived much longer than the majority of prisoners who arrive—he is put to work with a young man named Kraus who has recently arrived. Levi recounts his brief experience with Kraus to demonstrate how much life is inverted within the camps. Kraus is a good young man, well-meaning, hard-working, honest, and for precisely these reasons, Levi knows he will soon perish. Although Kraus would be a benefit to any company in the civilized world, in the camps, such naïve Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis.
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Kraus Character Timeline in Survival in Auschwitz
The timeline below shows where the character Kraus appears in Survival in Auschwitz. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 14. Kraus
...mud as he digs, alongside three other men. Among them is a young Hungarian named Kraus. He is a good worker, though clumsy, but he has not developed the “underground art...
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Levi marches back next to Kraus, who is having difficulty keeping time with the march, made worse by the fact that...
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Kraus is emotional and appreciative, making all manner of promises to see such a dream happen....
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