Share <Embed>

$16.00

RRP: $29.99 Details

Recommended Retail Price (RRP)
The RRP displayed is the most recent manufacturer’s recommended retail price made available to Amazon AU.
You Save: $13.99 (47%)

FREE Delivery on first order. Details

In stock.

Ships from and sold by Amazon AU.

Other Sellers on Amazon

$21.99
+ FREE Delivery

Sold by: Duoro Mart

Flip to back Flip to front

Listen Playing... Paused You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.
Learn more

See this image

Follow the Author

Heather Morris

The Tattooist of Auschwitz Paperback – 1 February 2018

by Heather Morris (Author)

32,394 ratings

See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions

Amazon Price

New from

Used from

Kindle

"Please retry"

$9.89

—

Audible Audiobook, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$0.00

Free with your Audible trial

Hardcover

"Please retry"

$32.10

—

Paperback

"Please retry"

$16.00

—

Mass Market Paperback

"Please retry"

$20.00

—

MP3 CD, Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged

"Please retry"

$38.04

$36.49

—

Arrives: 29 Jan - 1 Feb

Fastest delivery: Friday, 29 Jan

For readers of Schindler's List, The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist and the woman he loved.

Lale Sokolov is well-dressed, a charmer, a ladies' man. He is also a Jew. On the first transport of men from Slovakia to Auschwitz in 1942, Lale immediately stands out to his fellow prisoners. In the camp, he is looked up to, looked out for, and put to work in the privileged position of Tatowierer - the tattooist - to mark his fellow prisoners, 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 author Heather Morris conducted with real-life Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. It is heart-wrenching, illuminating, and unforgettable.

'Morris climbs into the dark miasma of war and emerges with an extraordinary tale of the power of love' - Leah Kaminsky

Frequently bought together

Customers who bought this item also bought

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Heather Morris
9,848
Paperback
$19.99
Trent Dalton
2,163
Paperback
$9.00
Delia Owens
133,138
Paperback
$12.00
Gail Honeyman
32,774
Paperback
$9.00
Sally Rooney
22,397
Paperback
$12.00
Anthony Doerr
38,611
Mass Market Paperback
$9.00

Product details

Publisher : Echo (1 February 2018)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 1760403172
ISBN-13 : 978-1760403171

Best Sellers Rank: 286 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 48 in Love & Romance (Books)
- 115 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction

Customer Reviews:
32,394 ratings

Product description

About the Author

Born in New Zealand, Heather Morris lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. In 2003, she met Lale Sokolov, a meeting that changed both their lives. As their friendship grew, he entrusted her with the task of telling the world the innermost details of his life during the Holocaust.

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Page 1 of 1 Start overPage 1 of 1

Customer reviews

5 star		75%
4 star		19%
3 star		4%
2 star		2%
1 star		1%

How are ratings calculated?

Review this product

Write a customer review

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Margaret Blades

The Tatooist of Auschwitz

Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2018

Verified Purchase

Having visited Auschwitz and Birkenau, I will never forget the sense of hopelessness I felt as I walked through the entrance gates. This sense returned as I read this book ,knowing that what I read had occurred. It is incredible that such acts of depravity were of daily occurrence and accepted as the norm at that time.This book recounts the life of an inmate,forced to do a job which he finds repulsive but the desire to stay alive one more day is paramount.The brutality of his existence is tempered with the falling in love with a fellow inmate. This true story keeps the reader in suspense to find out if they survive this hell hole . Whilst not warm and fuzzy, this book needs to be read. A tablet in Auschwitz states “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it “. Lest we forget!

8 people found this helpful

Helpful

clare burns

Survival through strength of spirit

Reviewed in Australia on 30 January 2019

Verified Purchase

A harrowing and yet inspirational tale of one couples survival of the concentration camps. A testimony to the strength of the will to survive, Lale simply decides he will not perish under the Nazi regime. When Gita is ready to give into despair it's his will alone that pulls them through to a life after WW2. The Tattooist quietly saves many under the watchful eye of his captors, gathering supporters, friends and lives as he goes. His soul cries for those who are gone all while he continues to survive is a place of pure death. Having had the somber priviledge to visit Auschwitz myself, I walk through Lale's daily life in camp with him and am amazed that anyone; let alone this sensitive young man, survived the place of ultimate death.

A story that should be read by all - and I'm proud that my country, my city welcomed this couple to create a 2nd life under the Aussie skies far away from the horrors and ghosts of their past.

5 people found this helpful

Helpful

Amazon Customer TE

Hope triumphs over despair.

Reviewed in Australia on 6 April 2018

Verified Purchase

As time passes people tend to forget the enormity of the holocaust and this book attempts to remind all of us just how dreadful it was for millions of Jews and others victimised by the Nazis. This story is told simply, with an undertone of hope and courage which at times understates the conditions suffered by those in the concentratiom camps. Maybe this is a strength because it avoids sensationalism, but maybe it is a weakness too, because it leaves gaps in the narrative which deserved more detail.
Such as the lack of informatiom as to what happened to Lale's mentor whose wisdom and compassion led him to become the Tattoist and thus saved his life? And why are readers not told about what happens to women who were forced to become the lovers of the German officers , useful at times, but abandoned afer the war , classified as collaborators, and sentenced to years in gaol by the victors. There is a disconnect between the protagonist's
desire to survive and his avowed love for his future wife.
He seems to have blocked out the emotonal indebtedness he owed to others.
It could be that T .S. Eliot was right , "Human beings csnnot stand too much reaity". Even so , if we don't demand the ugly truth about man's inhumanity to man it will surely be repeated. This book is revommended for senior school children and above.

4 people found this helpful

Helpful

malbrown2

but was it a good book? Not really

Reviewed in Australia on 7 June 2018

Verified Purchase

The Tattooist of Auschwitz was written well, it’s an important story to tell, document and was interesting, but was it a good book ?
Not really, I didn’t enjoy it.

I’m nearly 60 and all my life I have heard about, seen on documentaries and read about the holocaust of WW2. I’m afraid to say, I’m almost immuned from feeling anything about this period in our history. Especially as programs like Hogan Heroes are still on free to air TV. But sometimes, I read an article or see something on TV that catches my attention.

The Narrow Road to the Deep North was something that stopped me in my tracks. My God Father, (Lloyd) was a captive in Changi during W2 and he would tell me stories of what happened to him in Changi when I was a child. The stories were no doubt modified for my sake but The Narrow Road to the Deep North was disturbing. I couldn’t bare to think about Lloyd and what he experienced.

And now the Tattooist of Auschwitz has again affected my immunization. Heather Morris has done well to portray the events of the Tatowierer. The death and torture of people is so brutal it’s hard to believe it happened. The discrimination is shocking and the disregard to fellow humans reads like fictional movie. But it is true and the Tatowierer lived in Melbourne. That’s remarkable and it’s hard to believe he and his brave wife could sleep at night.

I did recommend the Tattooist of Auschwitz to a friend and she has read it.

Malcolm Brown

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Michael Chiller

Sobering but uplifting

Reviewed in Australia on 3 March 2018

Verified Purchase

The book was very well written and it was easy to read. The content was a little harder to read given the horrors experienced by the inmates. Such stories need to be recorded to negate those who would deny that such horrors took place. Millions of people died and many survived with horrible scars because of the atrocities. That love rose from the horrors shows that mankind is better than what happened here. We must never forget! Thanks for sharing this story with us all.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Kylie Di Mauro

Great, easy read

Reviewed in Australia on 17 December 2019

Verified Purchase

Having read a lot of books on the atrocities of concentration camps, I initially found this book a little too simple. I felt the author skipped over the inhumanity of the camps, making it sound less traumatic. However I can now appreciate the author was telling someone’s story of survival and love many decades after the events in a short, easy to read novel format.

This is a story of true love and survival. The end made me cry because they lived to tell their story of forgiveness and love. They didn’t let their life be ruled by what people did to them, instead they were fighters who found the strength to go on to live a full, rich life.

Helpful

Dylan

The power of love

Reviewed in Australia on 11 May 2018

Verified Purchase

I gave this book 5 stars because it is a true record and is told without embellishment. Beautifully written this is the story of Lale and Gita who were survivors of the worst atrocities in history. Their love and faith in one another enabled them to endure horrific suffering for 3 years in a Nazi concentration camp and to emerge triumphant.

The writing is eloquent and never descends into melodrama, even when recounting the near death experiences which confront both Lale and Gita.

3 people found this helpful

Helpful

Top reviews from other countries

Patrick O'Kane

One of the worst 'novels' ever!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2018

Verified Purchase

Quite frankly, this is an abomination of a book. It dresses itself up as a novel but it is a very badly written biography, if you can believe the events contained within it. It has no poetry, no soul, no dramatic tension, no suspense. Having read Primo Levi's beautifully written masterpiece 'This is Man' and, to a certain extent, 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', (though the film improved on the book), I was hoping for something that might offer a different angle on the atrocities that took place in Auschwitz. This is, to be brutal, Auschwitz soft porn. The central character is abhorrent and the events that he is supposed to have survived stretch credibility to breaking point and beyond. Structurally it seems to use Lale's experiences as a warped theme park ride through the bad bits of Birkenau and Auschwitz. As for the the portrayal of Josef Mengele (a pantomime villain who appears every now and then to imaginary audience boos and hisses), his treatment of Leon is was almost straight out of Monty Python. If I could have given this negative stars, I would. In the canon of Holocaust books, this scrapes the barrel. It cheapens and defiles the worst atrocity in the history of mankind.

472 people found this helpful

Harlequin

A powerful story, movingly told!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2018

Verified Purchase

One of the most moving and beautifully written stories I have read. Words cannot do justice to the profound effect this book has on the reader. One man’s journey through one of the darkest experiences a human being could ever have. The hope that sustained him amongst the horrors of the concentration camps, and the love he found, is told with sensitivity and grace.

This is not a downbeat tale. The strength of the human spirit shines through on every page. It was hard to put down, I had to keep reading. And in the last pages there are amazing surprises.
A wonderful book about a truly remarkable character. I cannot recommend this more highly.

165 people found this helpful

SUZY BAXTER / Suzy's Book Shelf

Good

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 September 2018

Verified Purchase

Its hard to say you have enjoyed a book when it is about such a harrowing time in history, If you have read the boy in the stripped pyjamas or watched Schindler's list or anything regarding this subject then you should already know these books are difficult in their subject matter, but read them we must not just for titillation but the fact this awful event took place. I have been to Auschwitz and I have to say up front it changed me, walking through those gates I could feel the pain and anguish, this is not me been fanciful in my words but truth, to stand in the shadows of such a harrowing place made me count my blessings and thank god that I am alive and well. Heather Morris is a new author for me but this book caught my eye one for the subject matter and no I am not ghoulish or glorify in human suffering but at the same time I like reading about the past after all it is what defines us what makes us what molds us into the people we are good or bad. For me Heather and her narrative, horrific account of peoples lives so tragically and horrifically impacted by the events of the dreadful stain on our time the holocaust, she seems to have beautifully written a piece of history put together so us as the reader can truly acknowledge the price and the pain of these poor people paid in such a horrific circumstances. The book is poignant, very sad and extremely moving at times but at the same time you are filled with courage and determination as these people's ferocious and tenacious desire to survive against all odds. This account has sensitivity and has been put together with a lot of great thought and care. It’s a great read! I highly recommend it. Thank You Heather Morris for an astonishing read, one that will stay with me for a long time, I think books like this do tend to stay with you long after you have closed the final page, it makes you question what is important and what is not, when we whinge about how awful our lives are, we should be thanking god for the fact we still have one when so so many were denied it.

154 people found this helpful

Clarity

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2018

Verified Purchase

It's so sad that this fascinating narrative of Lale Sokolov's life has been written so poorly and insensitively. Given the right author, this could have been a masterpiece. What a shame.

137 people found this helpful

shaz

Could have been brilliant. Far from it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 November 2018

Verified Purchase

No disrespect to Lale's story and the experiences of all involved but this was very disappointing. It's like something my teenage daughter would write. Her essays are terrible.

101 people found this helpful

See all reviews

Recommended Retail Price (RRP)

Other Sellers on Amazon

Follow the Author

Similar authors to follow

The Tattooist of Auschwitz Paperback – 1 February 2018

Frequently bought together

Customers who bought this item also bought

Product details

Product description

About the Author

Customers who viewed this item also viewed

Customer reviews

Review this product

Customer images

Read reviews that mention

Top reviews from Australia

There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.

Top reviews from other countries