But "Konin" is neither a search for the author's roots, a quest he rejects as "cliched, sentimental," nor another Holocaust memoir.

Some scholars who have studied Holocaust memoirs have also raised questions about how much of the book can be verified.

Berkley Books has cancelled the publication of a Holocaust memoir after The New Republic reported that its legitimacy was questioned by scholars.

He initially presented "The Painted Bird" as a Holocaust memoir, when it was really a work of fiction - allegedly written by a (living) ghostwriter.

But with Holocaust memoirs, no story is entirely one's own, but is rather part of a collective act of memory and solidarity.

Ms. Winfrey's previous pick, Elie Wiesel's Holocaust memoir, "Night," has sold more than 1.5 million copies since it was chosen.

Birth of a Writer Bernard Otterman did not write a Holocaust memoir.

Moyshe's Holocaust memoir is a remarkable example of human fortitude during a time when many welcomed an end to their suffering.

In 2009, he was featured in a New Yorker magazine piece that satirized the recent scandal over a fake Holocaust memoir written by Herman Rosenblat.

After the class read "Night," the Holocaust memoir by Elie Wiesel, the girl wrote a paper about genocide in the Sudan, she recalled.

But "Konin" is neither a search for the author's roots, a quest he rejects as "cliched, sentimental," nor another Holocaust memoir.

Some scholars who have studied Holocaust memoirs have also raised questions about how much of the book can be verified.

Berkley Books has cancelled the publication of a Holocaust memoir after The New Republic reported that its legitimacy was questioned by scholars.

He initially presented "The Painted Bird" as a Holocaust memoir, when it was really a work of fiction - allegedly written by a (living) ghostwriter.

But with Holocaust memoirs, no story is entirely one's own, but is rather part of a collective act of memory and solidarity.

Ms. Winfrey's previous pick, Elie Wiesel's Holocaust memoir, "Night," has sold more than 1.5 million copies since it was chosen.

Birth of a Writer Bernard Otterman did not write a Holocaust memoir.

Moyshe's Holocaust memoir is a remarkable example of human fortitude during a time when many welcomed an end to their suffering.

In 2009, he was featured in a New Yorker magazine piece that satirized the recent scandal over a fake Holocaust memoir written by Herman Rosenblat.

After the class read "Night," the Holocaust memoir by Elie Wiesel, the girl wrote a paper about genocide in the Sudan, she recalled.