Much of the academic research and literature on Primo Levi's work “Survival at Auschwitz” is very concerned with the fact that the Holocaust demonstrated that the perception we have of morality can be adaptable in extreme circumstances. What we know as traditional moral codes are what seemingly ceased to exist within the barbed wire of the concentration camps, or at least in the case of Auschwitz. In my essay I will try to give an in-depth analysis given by the textual evidence of the book trying to analyze what can happen to the moral adaptation of human beings when they need to adapt to very harsh living conditions. Inside the camps the prisoners were not treated like human beings and therefore the author makes clear references to the animal behavior necessary to survive. The "ordinary moral world" (86) of which Primo Levi speaks during his "stay" in Auschwitz ceases to exist. It is always brought to the reader's attention, through the eyes of the author, that the meanings and applications of words such as "good", "bad", "fair" and "unfair" begin to merge and the differences between these opposites become unclear. Surviving Auschwitz required an almost total alienation of self-respect and human dignity. Those who were exposed to dehumanizing mistreatment inevitably ended up dehumanized, forcing them to resort to mental, physical, and social adaptations to maintain their lives and personalities. According to what Levi writes in his stories, it is in this sense that the tender line that separates right from wrong begins to blur. What seems to be the most important thing, in the face of total despair and the near certainty of death, is one's mentality. stability that becomes almost an impossible goal... middle of paper... satisfying one's needs. It is no coincidence that the book begins with a poem that begins with an "if" and invites the reader to make a judgement. The poem explains the title and defines the theme of the book: humanity amidst inhumanity. In conclusion we can say that Survival in Auschwitz remains one of the bitterest cases in which the history of the Holocaust is explained in a very dehumanizing way. This extreme psychological perspective developed by Levi generates a very powerful effect, to the point that one wonders how far the reverse psychology of the prisoners is willing to take each of them. Levi finally reminds the reader of the challenges he faced daily and hourly to meet the basic needs necessary to stay alive and to record what happened so that subsequent generations can reflect on the meaning of the events he experienced..