The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Registered by Bluemchenblatt of Courbevoie, Ile-de-France France on 11/20/2022
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Journal Entry 1 by Bluemchenblatt from Courbevoie, Ile-de-France France on Sunday, November 20, 2022
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Registered in Paris, France.
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Based on real occurences this is a touching story - however, the author failed to captivate me. I’ve read other accounts of the period which I found more powerful, more touching, more impacting. It’s a pity the author’s style just didn’t suit me. (Obviously this doesn’t lessen the pain of what has happened.)
Registered in Paris, France.
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In 1942, Lale Sokolov arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau. He was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.
Waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl. For Lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sight. And he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, Gita, did, too.
So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust: the love story of the Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Based on real occurences this is a touching story - however, the author failed to captivate me. I’ve read other accounts of the period which I found more powerful, more touching, more impacting. It’s a pity the author’s style just didn’t suit me. (Obviously this doesn’t lessen the pain of what has happened.)
Journal Entry 2 by Bluemchenblatt at Mémorial de la Shoah in -Paris 4e, Ile-de-France France on Sunday, November 27, 2022