“The Tattooist of Auschwitz”
Heather Morris’ novel “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” is based on real events. The main character is transported to Poland and finds himself in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Like most prisoners, the protagonist is put to work constructing barracks, and soon he falls seriously ill due to the harsh labor and insufficient food. After surviving a bout of scarlet fever, the young man learns that he was saved from certain death by a French tattooist named Pepan. The tattooist offers the protagonist a role as his assistant. His main task now becomes tattooing numbers on the arms of incoming prisoners at the camp.
