When reading this question I just happened to recall a Soviet writer, who was Jewish, who I think did see the concentration camps and write about them but wasn't a victim of them.

But, this person didn't write in favor of communism despite being a writer in the Soviet Union. Their books were censored.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Grossman

I found his book "Everything Flows" to be extremely interesting. It is a fictional account of a Soviet gulag survivor returning to his home, and reflecting on the people he meets and his life.

https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Flows-Review-Books-Classic...

I think it's much better than "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich".

See: they weren't made famous,

History is written by the victors, which says nothing of its accuracy.