I'm having trouble locating sources that are in English - I can read German, but not Yiddish or Polish. Perhaps some of you kind folks know where I can start?
Try Ruth Kluger's autobiography Still Alive--also available in German as (I believe) Noch Leben. She details her childhood in Vienna, her survival of the Holocaust, and her emigration to the United States.
Try Night by Elie Weisel. It is an autobiography about his survival during the Holocaust. It is a sad and touching story. I believe there is also a sequel titled Day about his transition to normalcy after the Holocaust. I am sure there are many more sources about him as well I know he did an interview on Oprah one time.