Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz -Birkenau. German word for tattooist , tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. Imprisoned for. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange. One day in July. When his captors discover that he speaks several languages, he is put to work as a T? Imprisoned for over two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism? 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 , Lale, prisoner , comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first. Short-link Link Embed. Some of the techniques listed in The Tattooist of Auschwitz may require a sound knowledge of Hypnosis, users are advised to either leave those sections or must have a basic understanding of the subject before practicing them.
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I will definitely recommend this book to historical, historical fiction lovers. Your Rating:. I don't think I quite prepared myself, or wasn't able to entirely remove myself from the novel, so became completely invested and because of this, it absolutely tore me apart.
Based on a true story - Lale uses his education and knowledge of languages to get himself a job as the Tatowierer after each Jewish family must volunteer one young male for 'work'.
This 'work' turns out to be the concentration camps on Auschwitz and Birkenau. We witness first hand the atrocities Lale sees happen, and also the cruelty and torture he endures at the hands of the Nazi's.
Despite knowing this was a 'memoir' of sorts, and that Lale would eventually escape, I was still terrified when reading this. Books like this need to be published and read, as I think that despite everyone knowing what the Holocaust was, I think people might be in danger of forgetting just how truly horrifying it was, and the lowest depths of humanity.
Not everyday was filled with violence, some days nothing happened at all - and the prisoners whiled away the days, too starved or beaten to really do anything. Non-fiction books aren't always designed to be enthralling, and for me this story's purpose was more for education and the sharing of someone's past, rather than to simply entertain the reader.
I've seen a few reviews commenting on the writing style, how it is written quite factually rather than emotionally, and to be honest I do agree. It is written more as a timeline, than a novel. But I understand it was done this way because it is the couple's story to tell; I just would have preferred more detail in other places. He just turned up at the train station and she just got off?! Is that actually how easily it happened? I would have liked to have seen a bit more of his research into how he knew she would be there?
Or was it literally just fate? Politics and religion both. This is a historical fiction novel based on a true story. Lale Sokolov tells his story based on true events. He became the main tattooist of Aushwitz and falls in love at first sight with Gita who he first met tattooing her arm. He tattoos all the new prisoners with their identification numbers. Lale is a Jew. He is on the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in The concentration camp was very horrifying.
Lale did have some special privileges, since he was the tatto 4. Lale did have some special privileges, since he was the tattoist. He had lots of freedom than the other prisoners. He was so brave and had lots of courage. He would exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep others alive. If he was caught he would of been killed. Many prisoners owed him their survival. He was a leader among the other prisoners. Their are some graphic scenes that are a little dark. This book stands out from other Holocaust related novels.
It is an emotional read. The Nazi guards are monsters, they kill and hurt human beings. Lale was determined to survive. This is a terrible story but it also is a story of hope and courage. I really did love this story.
It was almost like reading a memoir, but a little different than a memoir. This story is an emotional read, but I also found it uplifting at times. The Holocaust was horrific and couldn't believe all the awful things that happened in the concentration camp.
I would say this is a safer read than other Holocaust novels. I really loved Lale's true story. I am so happy that the author spent a lot of time with him, to tell his story.
She really did an amazing job on his character. All the characters were very well done and made this novel come alive.
I loved the love story between Lale and Gita and how they fall in love at first sight. I love a romance in a novel only when there is lots of suspense. Its always the suspense that I am looking for and this one has ok plenty of it.
I felt so sad for Cilka, and everything she went through. I also felt sad for Leon. There are some scenes that are graphic but this is the Holocaust, a horrifying time and as I mentioned before this is a safer read than other Holocaust books. I could not put this book down. It was a page turner. I loved the writing style. I am really loving historical novels more and more because I think they are needed because we need to remember what happened so that history isn't forgotten.
This was a Traveling Sister read and I loved reading this with them and it was a wonderful discussion. This is a great book to do as a group read. I want to thank Netgalley, the publisher and Heather Morris for a copy of this book in exchange for a honest review.
View all 71 comments. View all 11 comments. The German government needed workers for their labor camps. In , all families in Slovakia were ordered to provide a child eighteen or older for work detail or risk having the entire family sent to concentration camp. Lale Sokolov hoped that by going to Prague to await these instructions his family would be safe. He did not expect to be forced into a cattle wagon and be transported to Auschwitz. He was determined to do as he was told, reveal little about himself and always be observant.
Lale's The German government needed workers for their labor camps. Lale's upbeat manner as well as deference to his capo helped him secure the job of "Tetovierer", the tattooist.
Rules: Look down. Be quick and efficiently tattoo the five numbers written on each person's piece of paper. In order to survive, he had to defile innocent people.
The job of "Tetovierer" did have some perks. Lale was given his own room and increased food rations which he hid under his sleeve to distribute to others when possible. One day, Lale saw a girl with the darkest brown eyes. He made a vow to himself. He will leave Auschwitz a free man. He has just met the love of his life! Through cunning, luck and love, Lale is instrumental in setting up a barter system with paid bricklayers, Victor and Yuri.
Food and medicine are exchanged for gems and currency smuggled out of the "Canada" building where some of Gita's friends work to empty the pockets of clothing from new arrivals at Auschwitz. Diamonds and chocolate entice an occasional guard or capo as well. The chilling accounts of total disregard for life are occasionally tempered by selfless goodness and sacrifice without which Lale and Gita's love story could not have been told.
This slim tome documents less familiar aspects of Holocaust literature. A must read. View all 49 comments. Reading this book is literally like reading a set of bullet points. The book is heavy on dialogue not terribly well written either with little description in between.
The author thanks the real Lale Sokolov for allowing her to write his story, but I wish to god somebody else had written it instead. This is an incredibly emotive topic and I found myself not giving a damn about the fate any of the characters and that in itself is very sad considering the setting of the story.
View all 6 comments. Incapable of being apprehended by the mind of the senses. Stories that need to be told This one sat for many years - decades - untold Shame - love - guilt - survival - Love Sad - Beautiful- powerful - emotional - honest reviews.
View all 35 comments. This is an incredible book with a story that demands to be heard. The year is and it gladdens me that books like this are still being written. Because we need to know and understand what humanity is capable of, we need to know what extreme hate looks like so we can work towards building a world free from it. This is one of our darkest hours, and we need to remember it. This This is an incredible book with a story that demands to be heard.
This is a true story. The characters were real people. They were plucked from the mind of a dying old man who is also the protagonist who wanted his story to be heard by the world. It took him over seventy years to muster the courage to tell it, Morris is the instrument of his words. We all know about Auschwitz, though there is something intimate about this particular story.
He wonders if for the rest of his life, be it short or long, he will be defined by this moment, this irregular number: He was given a position of trust and was able to move around the camps at will. As such he smuggled in extra food rations for those that needed it most. He brought them medicine and aid whenever he could, consolation for living apart from those that suffered the most.
The narrative was incredibly tense because death was never far away. Death came randomly. There was no system, just merciless killing at the whim of the oppressors. Doctor Mendel Doctor Death was the best example. He was an evil man, cold and fear inducing. Whenever he entered a scene the trepidation of the characters was palpable. Morris did wonders to capture the presence of such a callous man. With all darkness, there comes light. In the depths of the death camp there is also life, love and family: three things we all need to stay alive.
Despite how cruelly the Jews were treated, despite how far they were objectified and made to feel less than human, they still managed to cling onto their identities and the very things that make them who they are. Hope endured for some, hope that they would some day be liberated and have the opportunity to begin a new life.
He never looses his optimism. He never stops trying to help people. Blog Twitter Facebook Insta Academia View all 8 comments. It gives an in-depth perspective of the lives during that time. The story is narrated in an interesting way, but it feels 'incomplete' and not covered well enough. The book tells the story of how Slovak "If you wake up in the morning, it's a good day. The book tells the story of how Slovakian Jew Lale Sokolov, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz in , fell in love with a girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp.
View all 5 comments. At first Lale is working on a roof, and this is what he does for a while until his kapo says he needs a boy to do his bidding, run errands, bring him food and the like. He meets Gita, whom he only knows by the number he tattooed to her arm, no words exchanged of course.
A slip of paper with the number that was to be permanently marked on her skin were the only words that accompanied her. Eventually, he manages to introduce himself through channels and messages passed. Eventually an infatuation turns to love. Impotent rage, horror, fear, sympathy and an overwhelming sense of powerlessness engulf him, not only for him, but for all those prisoners subjected to the torture, abuse, humiliation.
They merely remind him of the chasm between what life can be and what it is now. A group of us went there together, even the memory it still makes it hard for me to breathe. Photographs of the conditions, of how it appeared for those who were held captive — not so much living, but barely existing there. That these people are more than just numbers to be totaled, they are people who loved, who were loved and had hopes and dreams. My deepest respect goes to the author for having the compassion and emotional stamina to hear these stories directly from Lale Sokolov, and bring these stories to us in such a truly lovely ode to love and the will to survive.
They were just chosen innocent victims did what they had to so they could stand against the monsters hid inside human furs and at the end they fought back with their tears, endurance, wit, belief and they won against the vicious, vulgar, savage hand life dealt to them.
This book shakes you more than you expected, making you question humanity, love, life, shameful part of the story that we never forget. This remarkable book is always going to be one of my all-time favorites. View all 12 comments. Reviewing a novel about the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance day seems both apropos, and a great responsibility. Never forget! As long as there are people who need to tell! Their stories, I will continue to read and remember.
This is a fictionalized account of a true story, told to the author in the final days of his life. Lale was a young Jewish man from Slovakia, with much to look forward to, when in an effort to save the rest of his family, he is taken to Auschwitz. There he will become the Reviewing a novel about the Holocaust on Holocaust Remembrance day seems both apropos, and a great responsibility.
There he will become the tattooist, the man who tattoos those horrendous numbers on the prisoners arms. A prestigious job in the camp that gives him priviledges many don't have, also a certain freedom. How he uses this freedom is a big part of the story. A story with many horrors terrors and yes even love. I dislike rating these stories.
I always feel like I am rating, in this case, a man's life, passing judgement on his horrifying experiences. They were, but this young man was fortunate, not a good word to use obviously, in many instances that found others either shot or beaten to death. He had a sunny personality and vowed to survive the camp, maybe the reason the tone of this was more light than many others of the camps that I have read.
Maybe this is the story he needed to remember to survive, only he can know that. The writing is less emotional than some, a kind of storytelling tone, which I guess makes sense as the author was telling a story. For me though, often times, I felt an emotional disconnect. It is though, impossible not to like Lale, he indeed uses his position, well.
We meet other important characters, the young woman who he would come to love, her friends. Some of the guards, and all play their parts in this story. I do love how at the end of the book the author lets the reader know what happened to some of the main people in this novel.
One young women's fate I found particularly unfair. At the end there is an added bonus and it is here that I felt all the emotions I had been missing. Never forget!!! A sisters read that provided a very interesting discussion. ARC from Netgalley. View all 34 comments. Feb 23, Dr. Appu Sasidharan rated it it was amazing. The tragic stories of bereaved mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, and the fiendish methods of torture in these camps will beset your mind for a long time.
Lale and Gita had to go through hell every day, fearing that they will die at any second if a senior officer doesn't like what they do. The empathy amid the chaos, the love amid the hatred will all kee Summary Regular Review This book tells us the real-life story of Lale and Gita Sokolov in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps. The empathy amid the chaos, the love amid the hatred will all keep us glued to this book.
I have read more than dozen books related to the Holocaust. My heart was still filled with extreme levels of anger and sadness when I read in detail about the wagons which were used to transport people to the concentration camps, screening procedures for sorting out the prisoners, the capricious nature of the Nazi officers, the cacophony of cries from people inside gas chambers where thousands of people were killed.
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