Love in the time of horror
The Tattooist of Auschwitz, which shot onto bestseller lists across the world, has now been adapted into a six-part tv series, Tymon Smith speaks to the cast members
01 September 2024 - 00:00
In the early 2000s, New Zealander Heather Morris went to interview a Melbourne man named Lali Sokolov, who — she’d been informed — had a unique story to tell. Sokolov, whose wife Gita had recently died, had decided he wanted to tell the story of how they had met in the death camp of Auschwitz during World War II, and of his experiences there as a tattooist, charged with etching the infamous numbers onto the arms of arriving prisoners. He met a young woman, fell in love and together they found the strength to survive. ..
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