Levi died in Turin on April 11, 1987. Levi hurled himself down the central stairwell. In it Levi returned to his belief in the historical uniqueness of the Holocaust and asked how much of the camp is alive and well in our time, and how long it will remain in our memories. He points out that anti-Semitism was part of German culture, not merely a Nazi invention, and sees a paradoxical analogy between victim and oppressor. In the camp system also the oppressed unconsciously strove to identify with their oppressor.
Useless violence dehumanize both guards and prisoners.
Before dying the victim must be degraded, so that the murderer will be less burdened by guilt.