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The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

The tattooist of Auschwitz : a novel / Heather Morris.

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  • ISBN: 9780062870674
  • ISBN: 006287067X
  • ISBN: 9780062797155
  • ISBN: 0062797158
  • Physical Description: 262, 11 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]

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General Note:
Book 1 in the Tattooist of Auschwitz series.
"Originally published as The Tattooist of Auschwitz in Australia in 2018 by Bonnier Publishing Australia and in the UK by Bonnier Zaffre"--Title page verso.
Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more ..." section.
Language Note:
Text in English.
Subject: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) > Fiction.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Fiction.
Tattoo artists > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Jews > Poland > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Orford Social Library FIC MOR 34190000104991 Adult fiction - Rear room Checked out 06/03/2024

Summary: "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. Imprisoned for more than two and a half years, Lale witnesses horrific atrocities and barbarism--but also incredible acts of bravery and compassion. Risking his own life, he uses his privileged position to exchange jewels and money from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive. One day in July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforts a trembling young woman waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name is Gita, and in that first encounter, Lale vows to somehow survive the camp and marry her"--Dust jacket flap.

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