Holocaust Books?

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I'm really interested in learning more about the Holocaust and I've made a huge list of books about it. I can't get them all and obviously don't have them all on my list. I'd like to put all the books I can on my list and then narrow it down some.
So, please list your top three favorite Holocaust books and their authors. Comments about them aren't required, but would be appreciated.
Thanks!
If it's in your top three, keep it there, but I'm reading Night, by Elie Wiesel right now for English (and liking it so far, although I just started it).
 
Read the Maus I & II Comic books. They are really interesting, they are the story of one man's parents during the war.

I also like "This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen", although this book jumps around a lot and takes some time to figure out when each part takes place.

For a firsthand account, Primo Levi has some amazing books. I read "Survival in Auschwitz", which is not just a story it is an experience. If I remember correctly, Levi survived the entire war, even though he lived in camps for most of the time. Definitely read his books, they have a lot of information in them.
 
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Final entries, 1945 : the diaries of Joseph Goebbels
The Myth of the Twentieth Century by Alfred Rosenberg
 
The Cage by Ruth Minsky Sender
(true story- the lady who wrote this book is still alive)

Night by Elie Wiesel

Daniel Half- Human by David Chotjewitz

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
 
theres a novel called elle. i cant remeber who its by or anything else but i read it and it was brilliant. it is fiction but very realistic. Anne franks also a good one
 
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