A brilliant book dealing with a difficult time in history
"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."
I have been wanting to read this true story for a while, and was lucky enough to get a copy from a friend.
It entirely lived up to it's reputation and was so well written by Heather Morris that I could imagine myself in the concentration camps living with Lale and Gita and all the others that experienced and survived the horrors of being part of the most atrocious event of the second world war.
My favourite line uttered by Lale was to Yuri when he says "Save the one, save the world".
I was so moved by the storytelling and enjoyed the Epilogue, the Afterword and the Author's notes at the end of the book, together with the useful map. I felt it all tied the story up beautifully.
I have been wanting to read this true story for a while, and was lucky enough to get a copy from a friend.
It entirely lived up to it's reputation and was so well written by Heather Morris that I could imagine myself in the concentration camps living with Lale and Gita and all the others that experienced and survived the horrors of being part of the most atrocious event of the second world war.
My favourite line uttered by Lale was to Yuri when he says "Save the one, save the world".
I was so moved by the storytelling and enjoyed the Epilogue, the Afterword and the Author's notes at the end of the book, together with the useful map. I felt it all tied the story up beautifully.