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In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a dapper, charming and popular Slovakian Jew, was taken from his home by the Nazi German SS and transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In the camps, Lale was looked up to, looked out for, and—when his captors discovered that he spoke several languages—put to work in the privileged position of Tätowierer (the German word for tattooist), tasked with permanently marking his fellow prisoners. For over two and a half years Lale witnessed acts of incredible bravery and compassion against a backdrop of atrocity and barbarism. Using the relative freedom of movement that his position awarded him, he exchanged jewels and money taken from murdered Jews for food to keep his fellow prisoners alive. If he had been caught, he expected he would be killed. In fact, he was caught once, but thanks to the loyalty of a prisoner he had saved from annihilation, he managed to survive. In July 1942, Lale, prisoner 32407, comforted a young girl, terrified and shaking, waiting in line to have the number 34902 tattooed onto her arm. Her name was Gita. From that moment, Lale was determined that he would one day leave, and marry Gita. While they left the camp separately, they eventually found each other, married, and made their way to Australia, where they raised a son and had a successful life. Like many survivors, they told few people their story after the war—a story that is at once heartbreaking and inspirational, highlighting the very best of humanity in the very worst of circumstances. Following the death of his wife, however, Lale, (who would himself die at the age of 90 in 2007) was compelled, finally, to tell the story of their years spent in the camps. Based on a powerful true story, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is the tale of the man forced to create one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust. It is also the story of Lale and Gita Sokolov, two Slovakian Jews who survived Auschwitz and lived a life of happiness and peace.