This is a heart renching story! I think that this is one of the most touching accounts of what these people went through. It's hard to review this book without spoiling some of the book. I am just going to say that Elie went through a time that I do not think many of us could make it through today and because of his will to live he made it out alive. If you want a accurate picture of what life in a concentration camp was like read this book.