Chalfen, Israel, Paul Celan: A Biography of His Youth, Persea Books, 1991.

This short book traces Celan's life up to the point where he moves to Vienna in 1947 and contains a number of poems that can be linked with specific instances in his life.

Hoffman, Eva, After Such Knowledge: Where Memory of the Holocaust Ends and History Begins, Public Affairs, 2004.

As the survivors of the Holocaust die of old age sixty years after the event, how does the memory of this event affect subsequent generations? This book of essays deals with the personal reactions of the second generation, the children of the survivors, and takes up issues of personal and collective responsibility.

Levi, Primo, Survival in Auschwitz, Touchstone Books, 1995.

This book is an account of Levi's ten months in the infamous death camp. It is remarkable for its restraint and close observation of life and death...