Priestblock 25487: a Memoir of Dachau by Jean Bernard

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In May 1941, Fr. Jean Bernard was arrested for denouncing the Nazis and imprisoned in Dachau's "Priest Block," a barracks that housed more than 3,000 clergy (the vast majority Roman Catholic priests).
Priestblock 25487 tells the gripping true story of one remarkable priest's survival amid the inhuman brutality and torture of a Nazi concentration camp.
In 2004, this important book was made into the award-winning film The Ninth Day . Introduction by Robert Royal. Preface by Cardinal O'Malley of Boston.-Goodreads