The Tattooist of Auschwitz (The Tattooist of Auschwitz, #1) in Diversity in All Forms!

Oct 07, 2020 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: hometown-book-clubs, diversity-in-all-forms-book-club

I read this book for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the book discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This was extremely good! I suggest it to everyone and can't wait to read book two.

"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 ...more

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Oct 07, 2020 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing

Shelves: diversity-in-all-forms-book-club

I read this book for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the book discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This was extremely good! I suggest it to everyone and can't wait to read book two.

"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 ...more

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Sep 02, 2019 Jan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, jewish, historical, holocaust

The novel is based on the true experiences of two young people who fell in love while imprisoned in the Birkenau/Auschwitz concentration camps (1941-1945.) Ludwig "Lale" Eisenberg and Gisela "Gita" Furman arrive at Birkenau in April and July, 1941, respectively. In fact, it is Lale who tattooed Gita. He worked as the Tatowierer (tattooist) at Auschwitz; doing whatever he had to in order to survive the camp.

The author met Lale while working in a large public hospital in Melbourne, Australia in 20 ...more

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Dec 30, 2019 Ashley Jacobson rated it did not like it

Shelves: read-fiction, dont-read

Wow! That was really bad. I’ll finish my review later!

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Jan 26, 2019 Marcela rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction

I really thought I would love this book, but I didn’t. I am a big fan of historical fiction books and learning about history through fictional as well as real characters. Several of my all-time favorite books are about the Holocaust, as I believe that it is important for all generations to read and learn about the atrocities that took place during this time. This way, we can honor the victims by keeping their memory alive, as well as preventing another tragic event like the Holocaust from ever h ...more

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Oct 30, 2018 Ashley rated it liked it · review of another edition

So, I had a few issues with this book. I enjoyed the content, but not the presentation. The writing was very choppy, it didn't flow, would jump around, and was occasionally a bit childish. For example:

"Lale waits for her to open her eyes. When she comes to, he offers her the water. She sobs, spilling most of it."

That doesn't flow and it doesn't feel right. I enjoyed the story and was interested in Lale & Gita's story, but I did not like the writing style. I found myself having to force myself ...more

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Oct 17, 2021 Ying Xuan rated it it was amazing

Breathtaking. First book that I manage to listen to an audiobook without falling asleep. But the events were to exciting that I reverted to a physical book after 1/3 of the book. Learnt about the tragic events of Auschwitz and the bravery of the Lale, who was a Slovak Jew who ended up being the Tätowierer.

To think that this is just one (slightly merrier story) out of the millions untold stories of the horrors of the Nazi regime saddens me.

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Dec 10, 2019 Megan Mueller rated it it was ok

This was disappointing. It wasn’t well-written (flat, simplistic), and there are so many inaccuracies. There was a great opportunity here to tell an amazing story and it missed.

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