Survival In Auschwitz

by Primo Levi

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Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi What do the naked bodies of the victims at the nazi death camp signify? 

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The naked bodies are an example of the atrocities that the Nazis committed.  The bodies indicate that the people are not human, and worthy of decency.  They are not clothed.  They are not buried.  They are not treated like people.

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