The Tattooist of Auschwitz

By: Heather Morris;

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Historical fiction, Novel,

ISBN: 9781785763687

SKU: BE501617933549

Pages: 368

Description: For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a heart-breaking story of the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances. Chosen for the Richard and Judy Bookclub. I tattooed a number on her arm. She tattooed her name on my heart. In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too. So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of Auschwitz.