03534cam a2200637 i 4500 1728334360 TxAuBib 20241119120000.0 190212s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017279892 9780062870674 library edition ; hardcover 006287067X library edition ; hardcover 9780062797155 pbk. 0062797158 pbk. TxAuBib rda Morris, Heather, author. The tattooist of Auschwitz [ADULT] : a novel / Heather Morris. First U.S. edition. ©2018. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] 262, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published as The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Australia in 2018 by Bonnier Publishing Australia and in the UK by Bonnier Zaffre"--Title page verso. Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..." section. "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. 20241119. Sokolov, Lale, 1916-2006 Fiction. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction. Auschwitz (Concentration camp.) fast Auschwitz (Poland: Concentration camp) sears Fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945.) fast World War (1939-1945.) fast 1939-1945. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Jews Fiction. Tattoo artists Fiction. Jews Poland Fiction. Jews Poland Fiction. Fiction Historical World War II. Fiction Jewish. Fiction Cultural Heritage. Jews. fast Tattoo artists. fast Holocaust, 1939-1945 sears Fiction. Tattooing sears Fiction. Poland. fast Biographical fiction. fast Fiction. fast Historical fiction. fast Novels. fast Historical fiction. fast Biographical fiction. TXMKE