In the first few sentences, I can tell that he is going to tell me everything he saw during the Holocaust. He talks about different things that help to influence this story. One example is the fact that he is still alive to tell the tale. It seems like he will speak the whole truth on his story.
One thing that I don't understand is why he keeps out certain things from this copy of the story. He talks about all these things that are missing, but keeps them out due to random excuses. They were pretty interesting and made it more realistic. The first part he talks about brings us into his mindset.
"In the beginning there was faith- which is childish; trust- which is vain; and illusion- which is dangerous. We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that everyone of us had been entrusted with a sacred spark from the Shekhinah's flame; that everyone of us carries in his eyes and in his soul a reflection of God's image. That was the source if not the cause of all our ordeals."
His memories also show that he still must relive the past through his nightmares. The one that is the worst has to be the death of his father. He was to scared to answer to his father's request and he regrets it forever. The memories are probably the worst part of WWII, like in Saving Private Ryan. 
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