I have given this book a lot of thought, I read this in one sitting in a spa. surrounded by luxury reading in total contrast.
I have been interested in the Holocaust since vising Anne Frank’s House in Amsterdam 40 years ago (when you did not have to queue to get in)
This book is based on a true story - of Lale Sokolov and a woman he falls in love with in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Lale given the job of tattooing the infamous camp numbers onto prisoners. He falls in love with Gita a fellow prisoner in the camp.
I nursed a polish patient in the 90s in West Yorkshire and was shocked when I saw the tattooed numbers- only finding out later that not all concentration camps did this so this gentleman was possibly tattooed by the main character.
This story is filled with courage, being there at the right time, similarities to Simon Wiesenthal story. I knew of corruption in the camps but this book told me something new, the readers are introduced to the camp monsters such a Josef Mengle (I will not call him doctor as he was a monster) the readers can draw on past information on this monster the author gives a few examples but thankfully did not go into more details than were necessary.
it is truly an astonishing read of ingenuity, courage being in the right place at the right time, human kindness and sheer luck for some and injustices for other - I want to find out more about the person Cilka - that hopefully will be another story.
Well researched, well written and the additional information and photos brings this story even further to life.
There could be more to this story, but the gentleman was getting old when he approached the author and it was his permission that the book was written.
This must never be forgotten, and this book would be good on the school curriculum which would spark up a great deal of discussion and why.
This story will remain in my heart for a long time - well done Heather Morris for helping Lale to bring this to the pages of this remarkable book.
I have been interested in the Holocaust since vising Anne Frank’s House in Amsterdam 40 years ago (when you did not have to queue to get in)
This book is based on a true story - of Lale Sokolov and a woman he falls in love with in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Lale given the job of tattooing the infamous camp numbers onto prisoners. He falls in love with Gita a fellow prisoner in the camp.
I nursed a polish patient in the 90s in West Yorkshire and was shocked when I saw the tattooed numbers- only finding out later that not all concentration camps did this so this gentleman was possibly tattooed by the main character.
This story is filled with courage, being there at the right time, similarities to Simon Wiesenthal story. I knew of corruption in the camps but this book told me something new, the readers are introduced to the camp monsters such a Josef Mengle (I will not call him doctor as he was a monster) the readers can draw on past information on this monster the author gives a few examples but thankfully did not go into more details than were necessary.
it is truly an astonishing read of ingenuity, courage being in the right place at the right time, human kindness and sheer luck for some and injustices for other - I want to find out more about the person Cilka - that hopefully will be another story.
Well researched, well written and the additional information and photos brings this story even further to life.
There could be more to this story, but the gentleman was getting old when he approached the author and it was his permission that the book was written.
This must never be forgotten, and this book would be good on the school curriculum which would spark up a great deal of discussion and why.
This story will remain in my heart for a long time - well done Heather Morris for helping Lale to bring this to the pages of this remarkable book.
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