The Tattooist of Auschwitz Series Tie-In

By Heather Morris

This internationally bestselling novel is now a six-part drama series streaming on Stan, starring Harvey Keitel.

Details

Adult fiction
Published: 03/04/2024
ISBN number: 9781760688776
Imprint: Echo
Length: 320 pages
Edition: Paperback

The Tattooist of Auschwitz Series Tie-In

By Heather Morris

Details

Adult fiction
Published: 03/04/2024
ISBN number: 9781760688776
Imprint: Echo
Length: 320 pages
Edition: Paperback

This internationally bestselling novel is now a six-part drama series streaming on Stan, starring Harvey Keitel.

The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.

As the first transport from Slovakia makes its way to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942, Lale Sokolov immediately stands out to the other prisoners for his composed appearance and outwardly assured manner. In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for and put to work in the privileged position of Tätowierer – the tattooist – marking his fellow inmates with their identification numbers, forever. One of them is a young woman, Gita, who steals his heart at first glance.

His life given new purpose, Lale does his best through the struggle and suffering to use his position for good.

This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years of interviews that author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating and unforgettable.

Authors

Heather Morris

Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris is passionate about stories of survival, resilience and hope. In 2003, while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Heather was introduced to an elderly gentleman who ‘might just have a story worth telling’. The day she met Lale Sokolov changed both their lives. Lale’s story formed the basis for The Tattooist of Auschwitz and the follow-up novel, Cilka’s Journey. In 2021 she published the phenomenal conclusion to the Tattooist trilogy, Three Sisters, after being asked to tell the story of three Holocaust survivors who knew Lale from their time in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Together, her novels have sold more than 16 million copies worldwide. Her exceptional new novel, Sisters Under the Rising Sun, will be published in 2023 bringing another heart-wrenching true story to life with experiences of women in Japanese POW camps, and how they found bravery in sisterhood and hope to survive in music.