The Tattooist Of Auschwitz
The tattooist of auschwitz is a compelling and unforgettable story of hope and courage that is so beautifully written based on interviews with holocaust survivor auschwitz birkenau tattooist ludwig lale sokolov.
The tattooist of auschwitz. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages he is put to work as a tätowierer the german word for tattooist tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. The author relates this tale in great detail of all the horrors during wartime at auschwitz berkinau camps. The couple later married and moved to melbourne australia where they raised a son. The real life sokolov was a tattooist at auschwitz and he met gita furman there.
Lale with compassion and sensitivity tattoos numbers on the arms of prisoners. The tattooist of auschwitz is a 2018 holocaust novel by new zealand novelist heather morris. The tattooist of auschwitz is an unforgettable story based on the life of a concentration camp survivor. The tattooist of auschwitz recounts many episodes from lale and gita s time in the concentration camp focusing on moments of loving tenderness and humanity as well as instances of cruelty and evil.
In april 1942 lale sokolov a slovakian jew is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at auschwitz birkenau. The main protagonist lale is assigned the job of tätowierer tattooing all prisoners with numbers.