Jean Améry

Jean Améry, born Hans Chaim Maier, was an Austrian-born essayist who wrote about his experiences surviving the Holocaust. His most celebrated work, At the Mind's Limits: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities (1966), suggests that torture was "the essence" of the Third Reich.

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Who was born first?

• Jean Améry and Fernando Belaúnde were born the same year
• Jean Améry and Patrick White were born the same year
• Jean Améry and Lev Gumilev were born the same year
• Jean Améry and Said Akl were born the same year
• Jean Améry and Jacques Ellul were born the same year

Timeline

1. Fernando BelaúndeOctober 7, 1912 – June 4, 2002
2. Jacques EllulJanuary 6, 1912 – May 19, 1994
3. Jean Améry (this page)October 31, 1912 – October 17, 1978
4. Lev GumilevOctober 1, 1912 – June 15, 1992
5. Patrick WhiteMay 28, 1912 – September 30, 1990
6. Said AklJuly 4, 1912 – November 2014

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