aired the week of December 6, 2021

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris is a novel based on the life of Lale Sokolov a Slovakian Jew imprisoned at Auschwitz.  After arriving at Auschwitz-Birkenau in April of 1942 Lale becomes the assistant to the tattooist a Frenchman named Pepan.  When Pepan disappears Lale becomes the tattooist which gives him freedom and privileges other Jews at the camp do not have.  Does this make him a collaborator or it is an opportunity to help his fellow prisoners?  An extraordinary story.  

Some further reading on the Holocaust available at the library:

Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine (Children's non-fiction)

Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy (Teen Fiction)

The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne (Teen Fiction) 

The Far Side of the Sky by Daniel Kalla (Adult Fiction)

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly (Adult Fiction)

Karolina's Twins by Ronald H. Balson (Adult Fiction)

Let Me Go by Helga Schneider (Adult non-fiction)

The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (Adult non-fiction)

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank  (Adult non-fiction)