Night by Elie Wiesel

In this memoir Elie Wiesel recounts his experiences from the beginning of the Second World War to the liberation of the camps. The heart of the story, though, is his experience of the time he spent with his father in the camps--his father's death is the real end of the story. In lyrical prose, Wiesel (and his wife, who has re-translated the book into English) recounts his utterly devastating story. In the introduction, Wiesel spends a lot of time talking about the importance of memory and the reason he recounted his story. This book is very moving.