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For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.

Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942, Lale immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners. In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for, and put to work in the privileged position of Tatowierer - the tattooist - to mark his fellow prisoners, forever. One of them is a young woman, Gita, who steals his heart at first glance. His life given new purpose, Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good.

This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating, and unforgettable.

'Morris climbs into the dark miasma of war and emerges with an extraordinary tale of the power of love' - Leah Kaminsky

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1 February 2018
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Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. In 2003, she met Lale Sokolov, a meeting that changed both their lives. As their friendship grew, he entrusted her with the task of telling the world the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Echo (1 February 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1760403172
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1760403171

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Heather Morris is a native of New Zealand, now resident in Australia. For several years, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, she studied and wrote screenplays, one of which was optioned by an Academy Award-winning screenwriter in the US. In 2003, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Their friendship grew and Lale embarked on a journey of self-scrutiny, entrusting the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust to her. Heather originally wrote Lale’s story as a screenplay – which ranked high in international competitions – before reshaping it into her debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

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clare burns

Survival through strength of spirit

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2019

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A harrowing and yet inspirational tale of one couples survival of the concentration camps. A testimony to the strength of the will to survive, Lale simply decides he will not perish under the Nazi regime. When Gita is ready to give into despair it's his will alone that pulls them through to a life after WW2. The Tattooist quietly saves many under the watchful eye of his captors, gathering supporters, friends and lives as he goes. His soul cries for those who are gone all while he continues to survive is a place of pure death. Having had the somber priviledge to visit Auschwitz myself, I walk through Lale's daily life in camp with him and am amazed that anyone; let alone this sensitive young man, survived the place of ultimate death.

A story that should be read by all - and I'm proud that my country, my city welcomed this couple to create a 2nd life under the Aussie skies far away from the horrors and ghosts of their past.

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EllaDee

A gentle touch.

Reviewed in Australia on 7 December 2021

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A promise kept... Lale's story is out in the world. A story that is worthy of a screenplay, the author's first choice but the memoir gives it a personal touch, via which the reader is drawn into the connection between the writer and subject, and steps into the journey alongside Lale, accompanying him so very closely to the events he recounts, too close to the horror. Such trauma should be unimaginable and unspeakable but courage and tenacity infuse the words Heather and Lale together employ with the power of a kernel of the impossible justice that is merited by telling the truth of it... complementing the terrible number of other truths and accounts that must be acknowledged again and again to guard against complacency and recurrence of the unthinkable.

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Margaret Blades

The Tatooist of Auschwitz

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2018

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Having visited Auschwitz and Birkenau, I will never forget the sense of hopelessness I felt as I walked through the entrance gates. This sense returned as I read this book ,knowing that what I read had occurred. It is incredible that such acts of depravity were of daily occurrence and accepted as the norm at that time.This book recounts the life of an inmate,forced to do a job which he finds repulsive but the desire to stay alive one more day is paramount.The brutality of his existence is tempered with the falling in love with a fellow inmate. This true story keeps the reader in suspense to find out if they survive this hell hole . Whilst not warm and fuzzy, this book needs to be read. A tablet in Auschwitz states “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it “. Lest we forget!

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but was it a good book? Not really

Reviewed in Australia on 7 June 2018

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The Tattooist of Auschwitz was written well, it’s an important story to tell, document and was interesting, but was it a good book ?
Not really, I didn’t enjoy it.

I’m nearly 60 and all my life I have heard about, seen on documentaries and read about the holocaust of WW2. I’m afraid to say, I’m almost immuned from feeling anything about this period in our history. Especially as programs like Hogan Heroes are still on free to air TV. But sometimes, I read an article or see something on TV that catches my attention.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North was something that stopped me in my tracks. My God Father, (Lloyd) was a captive in Changi during W2 and he would tell me stories of what happened to him in Changi when I was a child. The stories were no doubt modified for my sake but The Narrow Road to the Deep North was disturbing. I couldn’t bare to think about Lloyd and what he experienced.

And now the Tattooist of Auschwitz has again affected my immunization. Heather Morris has done well to portray the events of the Tatowierer. The death and torture of people is so brutal it’s hard to believe it happened. The discrimination is shocking and the disregard to fellow humans reads like fictional movie. But it is true and the Tatowierer lived in Melbourne. That’s remarkable and it’s hard to believe he and his brave wife could sleep at night.

I did recommend the Tattooist of Auschwitz to a friend and she has read it.

Malcolm Brown

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Mez21

Riveting!!!

Reviewed in Australia on 25 January 2022

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This is an incredible story of one man's journey through what we now know as some of the most horrific and tragic events in human history. Lale's perspective on life, love and survival is, simply put, inspirational. His sheer strength and wisdom at such a young age, combined with his tenacity and fearlessness literally have me goosebumps. I've heard of page turners, this love story however is more than that. It's compelling and worth losing hours of sleep just to get through the book in one night!!

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Mrs. J. Richmond

You cannot fail to be moved by this story.

Reviewed in Australia on 22 August 2019

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When I visited Auschwitz I was left with an intense feeling of sadness, horror and disbelief. How could any human being treat a fellow human like this? Auschwitz is now a solemn monument to the horrors of the Holocaust. Silence is observed at all times.
This book provides an amazing insight into the workings of Auschwitz and the people who survived it. Through the story of Lale we learn of the everyday lives of the inmates but in particular the extraordinary survival skills of Lale. Somehow there is even humour. Lale is an exceptional person - he would stand out anywhere. How he survives three years at Auschwitz is a miracle.
When one reads books of fiction with fairytale endings we often reject them as fantastical. This book has a fairytale ending which is even more fantastical because of the events prior to it.
Lale never doubted he and Gita would make it out. In many ways they are proof that you make your own luck. I didn't believe it possible that someone in Auschwitz could be described as lucky.

Reviewed in Australia on 24 November 2021

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I really wanted to give The Tattooist of Auschwitz 5 stars because stories like Lale’s and Gita’s and every Holocaust survivor must be known and never forgotten. This book it’s full of inaccuracies and factual errors.

I believe that everyone working on a book about such an important historical event has a responsibility to be as accurate as possible, even when writing fiction.

Unfortunately even if I liked to read about Lale’s and Gita’s story I can’t give it more than 2 stars.

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Patrick O'Kane

One of the worst 'novels' ever!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2018

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Quite frankly, this is an abomination of a book. It dresses itself up as a novel but it is a very badly written biography, if you can believe the events contained within it. It has no poetry, no soul, no dramatic tension, no suspense. Having read Primo Levi's beautifully written masterpiece 'This is Man' and, to a certain extent, 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', (though the film improved on the book), I was hoping for something that might offer a different angle on the atrocities that took place in Auschwitz. This is, to be brutal, Auschwitz soft porn. The central character is abhorrent and the events that he is supposed to have survived stretch credibility to breaking point and beyond. Structurally it seems to use Lale's experiences as a warped theme park ride through the bad bits of Birkenau and Auschwitz. As for the the portrayal of Josef Mengele (a pantomime villain who appears every now and then to imaginary audience boos and hisses), his treatment of Leon is was almost straight out of Monty Python. If I could have given this negative stars, I would. In the canon of Holocaust books, this scrapes the barrel. It cheapens and defiles the worst atrocity in the history of mankind.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2018

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Its hard to say you have enjoyed a book when it is about such a harrowing time in history, If you have read the boy in the stripped pyjamas or watched Schindler's list or anything regarding this subject then you should already know these books are difficult in their subject matter, but read them we must not just for titillation but the fact this awful event took place. I have been to Auschwitz and I have to say up front it changed me, walking through those gates I could feel the pain and anguish, this is not me been fanciful in my words but truth, to stand in the shadows of such a harrowing place made me count my blessings and thank god that I am alive and well. Heather Morris is a new author for me but this book caught my eye one for the subject matter and no I am not ghoulish or glorify in human suffering but at the same time I like reading about the past after all it is what defines us what makes us what molds us into the people we are good or bad. For me Heather and her narrative, horrific account of peoples lives so tragically and horrifically impacted by the events of the dreadful stain on our time the holocaust, she seems to have beautifully written a piece of history put together so us as the reader can truly acknowledge the price and the pain of these poor people paid in such a horrific circumstances. The book is poignant, very sad and extremely moving at times but at the same time you are filled with courage and determination as these people's ferocious and tenacious desire to survive against all odds. This account has sensitivity and has been put together with a lot of great thought and care. It’s a great read! I highly recommend it. Thank You Heather Morris for an astonishing read, one that will stay with me for a long time, I think books like this do tend to stay with you long after you have closed the final page, it makes you question what is important and what is not, when we whinge about how awful our lives are, we should be thanking god for the fact we still have one when so so many were denied it.

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Harlequin

A powerful story, movingly told!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2018

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One of the most moving and beautifully written stories I have read. Words cannot do justice to the profound effect this book has on the reader. One man’s journey through one of the darkest experiences a human being could ever have. The hope that sustained him amongst the horrors of the concentration camps, and the love he found, is told with sensitivity and grace.

This is not a downbeat tale. The strength of the human spirit shines through on every page. It was hard to put down, I had to keep reading. And in the last pages there are amazing surprises.
A wonderful book about a truly remarkable character. I cannot recommend this more highly.

172 people found this helpful

Clarity

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 October 2018

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It's so sad that this fascinating narrative of Lale Sokolov's life has been written so poorly and insensitively. Given the right author, this could have been a masterpiece. What a shame.

150 people found this helpful

comm88

One of the 10 WORST BOOKS I have ever attempted to read!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2019

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How can this trash possibly have garnered so many rave reviews?????

For me, it is among the 10 WORST BOOKS I have ever attempted to read. I gave up after 51% of its badly written nonsense. You've got a tattooist bossing the place, secreting cash, jewels, food etc and hiding it in plain sight under his mattress ... and it was "never discovered" or "stolen"??!! Yeh, right. This is a place where people are fighting for their lives and this book is written like it's a Carry On Death Camp farce, or a naive Mills & Boon romance. Consider these lines which are classic in their complete tripeyness: "Their lovemaking is passionate, desperate. It is a need, so long in the making that it cannot be denied." Urgh, euk and arghhh!!!! Really. Is this the best you can do with the potency and power of language? This is a death camp full of starved, emaciated people, riddled with body lice and doused with unspeakable strenchiness, bonking like it's a typical Sunday afternoon!! Really??? It's not even funny - it's just wretchedly written rubbish.

If you want to capture the full (fictional) horror of the death camp and what it took to survive read William Styron's beautifully written "Sophie's Choice". It is a million times better than this drivel. In fact, read anything other than this. You'll be far happier, I assure you and feel much better rewarded.

This takes the most heinous blot on the history of mankind and trivialises it into an utterly meaningless love affair that stretches all manner of imagination and credibility.

To me it deserves a big fat 0 out 10.

I absolutely hated it.

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