The Tattooist of Auschwitz
- 312
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 70 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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About the book
The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a 2018 Holocaust novel by New Zealand novelist Heather Morris. The book tells the story of how Slovak Jew Lale Sokolov, who was imprisoned at Auschwitz in 1942, fell in love with a girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp. The story is based on the real lives of Sokolov and his wife, Gita Furman. There has been mixed criticism of the book, with some complimenting the novel's compelling story based on real-life events, while claims of factual inaccuracies that may lead to miseducation around historical events have been made by the Auschwitz Memorial Research Center.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 595 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 80% of the weight and the score stays at 8.1 — the Rankings average of 7.8 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.8 | 29 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 566 | 95% |
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