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This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope and courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov - an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity.
In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. When his captors discover he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a Tätowierer (the German word for "tattooist"), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners.
Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism - but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive.
One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her.
A vivid, harrowing, and ultimately hopeful recreation of Lale Sokolov's experiences as the man who tattooed the arms of thousands of prisoners with what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is also a testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions.
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Fiction, biographical, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Jews, fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Man-woman relationships, Tattoo artists, World War, 1939-1945, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Auschwitz (Concentration camp), Fiction, Fiction, historical, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2018-09-23, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewedPlaces
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz : Young Adult edition - including new foreword and Q+A by the author: the heart-breaking and unforgettable international bestseller
May 23, 2019, Hot Key Books
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2019, E C H O, Incorporated (Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization)
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Auschwitz Dövmecisi
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The tattooist of Auschwitz: a novel
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the heart-breaking and unforgettable international bestseller
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz: the heart-breaking and unforgettable Sunday Times bestseller
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