Title:
The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel / Heather Morris.
Format:
Book
Author:
Morris, Heather (Screenwriter), author.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
©2018
Description:
262, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary:
"In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. 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. 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 re-creation 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Tattooist of Auschwitz; bk. 1
Tattooist of Auschwitz ;, bk. 1
Availability:
5 (of 9)
Current Holds:
0
Subjects:
Sokolov, Lale, 1916-2006 -- Fiction.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) -- Fiction.
1939-1945
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Fiction.
Tattoo artists -- Fiction.
Jews -- Poland -- Fiction.
New Zealand fiction -- 21st century.
Poland
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
novels.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction
Fiction
Historical fiction
Novels
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Fiction.
World War (1939-1945)
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
ISBN:
9780062870674
006287067X
9780062797155
0062797158
* 9780062877000
* 0062877003
* 9780062797162
* 0062797166
1785763644
9781785763649
9781635464078
1635464072
Call Number:
FICTION MORRIS,H 2018