~~I did not know it was bad form to answer your own questions. That does not mean I am going to stop doing so. That means that I am going to state plainly "no points please" And please... NO MORE POINTS.~~ -------------------- I asked this because I had just answered the question about "The Pianist". Here are my favorites: "Treblinka": it is a story of a little known concentration camp called Treblinka, patched together from snippets and scraps of personal writings buried by the prisoners. This camp, through an ingenious and horrific plan, was the only successful prisoner escape I have heard about. This book is visceral, personal, and puts the reader right in the camp itself. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Treblinka-Jean-Francois-Steiner/dp/1567311423/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195332481&sr=1-1 "The Theory and Practice of Hell: The German Concentration Camps and the System Behind Them": a cold, analytical dissertation of the methology of the Holocaust. It is brutal. The analytical way the book was written added, to me, to the impact. The book goes into, for example, some of the medical experiments performed in the camps. Probably the most important, to me, aspects of the book is that it delves into the psychological aspects that made the Holocaust possible. It was written by a survivor of Buchenwald. Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Theory-Practice-Hell-German-Concentration/dp/0374529922/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195332629&sr=1-1 I am currently reading (and FINALLY just found it after my move) the following: "Remembering: Voices of the Holocaust": I think this is going to be added to my list because it is first hand recounting from survivors. It is gut wrenching. I need to go in and write a review because it is a new book and only has one review. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Voices-Holocaust-History-Survived/dp/0786719222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195332753&sr=1-1 I just ordered two that are specifically about Gypsies in the Holocaust: "A Gypsy in Auschwitz": This book is brand new so no reviews yet but it was written by a survivor. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy-Auschwitz-Otto-Rosenberg/dp/1902809025/ref=sr_1_14/002-6356503-6061626?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189798109&sr=8-14 "And the Violins Stopped Playing: A Story of the Gypsy Holocaust": This is known to be the foremost book about Gypsies in the Holocaust. It is out of print but I got it through a used book seller. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Violins-Stopped-Playing-Story-Holocaust/dp/0340401230/ref=ed_oe_p

I have not read any books about the holocaust- it's just too depressing. I have almost no relatives on my mother's side because they were killed in the camps. When I read I want to escape somewhere fun, filled with fantasy, not the horrors of reality.

Although they are depressing, I have only read one book on them. The Diary of Anne Frank. I think it gives a good first person perspective to the Holocaust, and how far some people had to go to stay alive.

Aris, I've read two holocaust books: Forgotten Holocaust: The Poles Under German Occupation 1939-1944--Richard C. Lukas and Norman Davies. This book chronicles the very beginning of the Nazi invasion and how they basically cut their genocidal teeth on Poland and her peoples, gentile and Jew, alike. This was a incredibly chilling book. http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Holocaust-German-Occupation-1939-1944/dp/0781809010/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product I also read Poland's Holocaust: Ethnic Strife, Collaboration with Occupying Forces and Genocide in the Second Republic, 1918-1947--Tadeusz Piotrowski This book was the sad reality of not only the Nazi hatred of Poles, but also those of their native Ukrainian neighbors, who formed the Ukranian Insurgent Army and massacred over 100,000 polish civilians. I, too, have a history that is often unsung and unremembered. The Poles suffered horribly during the Nazi occupation.

My favorite book about the holocaust is 'For Those I Loved', by Martin Gray. This review tells why it is my favorite: "We are humbled by Martin Gray's indomitable will to survive after the loss of his family in the Holocaust. He bears witness 'to those I love' and tells us the story, from his harrowing escape from the Treblinka death camp through the rest of his awe-inspiring life. Gray's story is a testimony to the courage and nobility of the human spirit. Readers will finish the book empowered, emboldened, and full of hope."--Naomi Harris Rosenblatt, psychotherapist, biblical scholar, and author of After the Apple and Wrestling with Angels

I don't want to sound cheesy...but I had a remarkable experience with the Diary of Anne Frank. I had NO IDEA when I was reading it, that she died at the end. In my mind, it was cool story about a girl who survived the occupation, went on to have her story made into a movie, etc. Her dying at the end caught me COMPLETELY off guard. I genuinely had been right "with her" during her story. Thanks for letting me share. :)

"Night" by Eli Weisel, read it, it's only 100 or so pages.

The first book I read was an old book from 1984. This was called Shindlers Ark by Thomas Kineally.

Night by Elie Weisel

For those I loved.... it is very very moving. I cried. WW2 is an interest of mine.