# 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. Other notable works included On Aging (1968) and On Suicide: A Discourse on Voluntary Death (1976). He adopted the pseudonym Jean Améry after 1945. Améry died by suicide in 1978.

*Austrian-born essayist and Holocaust survivor (1912-1978)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1912-10-31
- **Died:** 1978-10-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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