The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel

The #1 International Bestseller

This beautiful, illuminating tale of hope & courage is based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor & Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov—an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity.

"The Tattooist of Auschwitz is an extraordinary document, a story about the extremes of human behavior existing side by side: calculated brutality alongside impulsive & selfless acts of love. I find it hard to imagine anyone who would not be drawn in, confronted & moved. I would recommend it unreservedly to anyone, whether they'd read a hundred Holocaust stories or none." — Graeme Simsion, internationally-bestselling author of The Rosie Project

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,...