Morris, H. (2018). The Tattooist of Auschwitz. London: Zaffre Publishing.
Dr Anne should be heading for Chicago to meet up with her friend Lois Denham to celebrate nearly 60 years of friendship.
Lois and Dr Anne's last trip included an emotional visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau in 2014. Today, Dr Anne was having her fourth general anaesthetic in a matter of months - annus horribilis - so she picked up the recommended - The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Dr Anne's memories of the visit are vivid. The story of Lale, a Slovakian Jew determined to survive three years in Auschwitz was insightful. How does one survive - giving. The more you give the greater the reward.
Lale fell in love with Gita who worked in 'Canada' sorting the clothes and jewels of those who went to the gas chambers. The smuggled money and jewels bought food from the outside to be shared with those on starvation rations.
Being caught brought support from those whom he had helped - the big Jew who beat him 'lightly' , the girl who slept with the SS Officer who plucked him from death.
One needs motivation, positivity, and a measure of luck to survive.
Come on Dr Anne, you can do it too.......
Dr Anne should be heading for Chicago to meet up with her friend Lois Denham to celebrate nearly 60 years of friendship.
Lois and Dr Anne's last trip included an emotional visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau in 2014. Today, Dr Anne was having her fourth general anaesthetic in a matter of months - annus horribilis - so she picked up the recommended - The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Dr Anne's memories of the visit are vivid. The story of Lale, a Slovakian Jew determined to survive three years in Auschwitz was insightful. How does one survive - giving. The more you give the greater the reward.
Lale fell in love with Gita who worked in 'Canada' sorting the clothes and jewels of those who went to the gas chambers. The smuggled money and jewels bought food from the outside to be shared with those on starvation rations.
Being caught brought support from those whom he had helped - the big Jew who beat him 'lightly' , the girl who slept with the SS Officer who plucked him from death.
One needs motivation, positivity, and a measure of luck to survive.
Come on Dr Anne, you can do it too.......
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