02535cam a2200433 i 4500 363688615 TxAuBib 20181113120000.0 180205s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062870674 006287067X 9780062797155 0062797158 (OCoLC)1021305706 YDX eng rda YDX NBO SSH JTD YDX BLP IHV ZHB OCLCQ TnLvI LS TnLvILS TxAuBib rda Morris, Heather. The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel / Heather Morris. First U.S. edition. 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"--Dust jacket flap. 20181113. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Fiction. Holocaust, 1933-1945 Fiction. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Jews Fiction. Tattoo artists Fiction. Man-woman relationship Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Jews Fiction. Jews Poland Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction.