Tattooist of Auschwitz
Event
20 May 2019
Title
Tattooist of Auschwitz
Dates
20 May 2019
Location
Ground Floor
Tagline
A conversation with Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz.
Credits
Moderator:
Pippa Hudson
Convenor:
Jewish Literary Festival
Caryn Gootkin
In conversation with Pippa Hudson, Heather Morris shares her experience of researching and writing The Tattooist of Auschwitz. In Morris's telling, the first-time author becomes acquainted with holocaust survivor Lale Sokolov and earns his trust and, ultimately, permission to tell his story. The book traces the meeting of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews whose love story begins in Auschwitz, and brings to light the secret that Sokolov kept for most of his life: his work as the camp's tattooist.