Ï WILL LIVE TO LEAVE THIS PLACE.
I WILL WALK OUT A FREE MAN.'

In April1942, Lale Sokolov wa transported by catttle train to Auschwitz- Birkenau, imprisoned, as were millions of others, for being born Jewish. He was given the task of tattoing numbers onto his fellow victims'arm to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the Holocaust.

Waiting in line, shaking with terror, was a young woman called Gita. For Lale - full of life, even in this place of death - it was love at first sight. And he was determined that not only would he survive, but that Gita would too.

Based on real events, The Tattooist of Auschwitz is one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the Holocaust.