Spark of Life is a concentration camp novel, written by Erich Maria Remarque in the year 1952.

In the recurring bombardments of the nearby city, a group of inmates of the Little Camp, called veterans for their years of stay, begin to organize themselves as they see signs of possible liberation.

Shortly after Remarque in June 1946 learned of the death of Elfriede Scholz, his youngest sister, who had been beheaded after a trial of the People's Court in 1943, he began work on the novel, which he had dedicated to her.

Among the books were Willi Bredel's The Trial, the novel The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers, and the analysis The SS-State, written by Eugen Kogon, which Remarque did not read until 1950.

Against his inner conviction as an authentic author, Remarque felt himself compelled to explain his project in various prefaces and drafts.