Philadelphia attorney David Gold has never done a daring thing in his life-until he meets Jacob Feig, a survivor of Auschwitz who stands accused of murder. "In the end, "Feig" is really David Gold's book. As he listens to the stories of survivors, he emerges from his safe isolation-and his insistence that they share their hardest, deepest secrets leads to a deeper connection to the world." -Simone Zelitch, author of "Louisa" and Assistant Chair of Literature and Creative Writing, Community College of Philadelphia

I Am Terezin is a memoir unlike any other, written as a gripping narrative in the voice of the concentration camp itself.

Situated in Czechoslovakia, Theresienstadt, or Terezin, as the locals called it, was touted by the Germans as a model city where Jews could live their lives in tranquility. Despite the sheer audacity of the claim, the world chose to believe this and ignore the truth looming behind the granite walls encircling the fortress-town.

In I Am Terezin, the collective voice of its 140,000 inmates reveals the true story of the camp, imploring that...