Heather Morris:" "Why my book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, is a bestseller worldwide"? To answer criticism of errors, " I wrote a Holocaust story, not the story of the Holocaust"...

Nitza Lowenstein, SBS Radio, in conversation with Heather Morris, the author of, “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”, the book that became 2018’s publishing sensation and has been one of the year’s bestselling novels worldwide. Nitza spoke to Heather Morris a year ago, when the book was first published and followed up with another interview, to find out the secret success of the book, as the book has captured the hearts and minds of thousands around the world, was translated to many languages and has stayed on top with the best-selling books in many countries. Some criticized the book and said that it contains numerous errors. Nitza also asked the author about the authenticity of the true history. It is the story of how Slovakian Jew Lale Sokolov who fell in love with a girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp, This tale of hope & courage is based on interviews that were conducted by Heather Morris with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov, an unforgettable love story in the midst of atrocity What’s most extraordinary about this unlikely love story is that it’s mostly true.Sokolov was a tattooist at Auschwitz and he met Gita Furman there. The couple married after liberation and moved to Melbourne, where they raised a son, Gary.

Source: SBS