![]() ![]() What I got from Lale was a love story set in the horrific world of the Holocaust. In return, as he told me, she tattooed her love into his heart. Lale’s life was forever changed the day he looked into the eyes of a young girl, as he tattooed her left arm. That was the first of many, many days I would spend with the Tätowierer, the tattooist of Auschwitz-Birkenau. His wife had recently died and I was told he had a story that might be worth telling. In December 2003, I was introduced to Lale Sokolov. (Journalist, foreign correspondent, TV newsreader and author of Minefields)įebruary 1, 2018, Echo Publishing, An imprint of Bonnier UK FROM HEATHER: It is both simple and epic, shot through with compassion and love, but inescapably under the shadow of the most devouring monsters our civilisation has known. ‘ The Tattooist of Auschwitz has the quality of a dark fairytale. ![]()
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