Richard Seaver Audiobooks

Auschwitz: a first hand account of the camp, on our memoir and heritage shelves

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.6/5 average

9,169 listener ratings

Who is Richard Seaver?

Certain subjects call for restraint rather than salesmanship, and this is plainly one of them. Auschwitz sits in our catalogue under biographies and memoirs alongside classics and heritage, and those two shelves together describe a first hand account that has outlived its own moment to become part of the historical record.

The name attached to this page is the credit our data carries, and we will go no further than that. Works of this provenance often pass through several hands before reaching a reader, translation and editorial among them, and we would rather acknowledge that openly than assert a role we cannot verify. What is not in any doubt is the standing of the testimony itself.

Richard Seaver in audiobooks

Auschwitz runs to six hours and thirty eight minutes and is narrated by Noah Michael Levine. Thousands of listeners have scored it and the average sits high, an unusual level of agreement that reflects the weight of the account rather than any question of entertainment.

It is not a listen to schedule casually, and it is short enough to be taken in close to a single sitting, which is arguably the right way to meet it. The listing appears below.