Part of the way through The Tattooist Of Auschwitz, I had to convince myself that it wasn’t based on a true story, that it was fiction… just so that I could finish it!
This book will give you all the “feels”, in 288 pages. It’ll make you laugh, cry, smile… it’ll break your heart, and mend it again. It will make you question how a person could possibly have survived everything that Lale and Gita went through.
It’ll make you wonder how you’re reading the book… how it was physically possible for Lale Sokolov to sit and retell his story to Heather Morris, after it had been untold for seventy years.
This book is very well written. It starts in 1942 and ends in 1945 (but also covers Lale and Gita’s life in an Epilogue, beyond 1945). I have been to Auschwitz I and Birkenau, and those are still shocking to see; this story reinforces that. It provides so much detail about how the camps were set out, how the prisoners were living, how things worked there… It’s shocking, harrowing, and uplifting, all at once.
Lale and Gita’s story is one of the very best love stories during one of the absolute worst times in history.
The Tattooist Of Auschwitz has definitely left a mark with me. I would recommend this book to anyone, and especially to those interested in learning more about this piece of history.
I give this book 5/5 stars.
This book will give you all the “feels”, in 288 pages. It’ll make you laugh, cry, smile… it’ll break your heart, and mend it again. It will make you question how a person could possibly have survived everything that Lale and Gita went through.
It’ll make you wonder how you’re reading the book… how it was physically possible for Lale Sokolov to sit and retell his story to Heather Morris, after it had been untold for seventy years.
This book is very well written. It starts in 1942 and ends in 1945 (but also covers Lale and Gita’s life in an Epilogue, beyond 1945). I have been to Auschwitz I and Birkenau, and those are still shocking to see; this story reinforces that. It provides so much detail about how the camps were set out, how the prisoners were living, how things worked there… It’s shocking, harrowing, and uplifting, all at once.
Lale and Gita’s story is one of the very best love stories during one of the absolute worst times in history.
The Tattooist Of Auschwitz has definitely left a mark with me. I would recommend this book to anyone, and especially to those interested in learning more about this piece of history.
I give this book 5/5 stars.