The Tattooist of Auschwitz trailer is out. The series is based on a novel of the same name by New Zealand novelist Heather Morris.
Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is in the center story of Holocaust survival in 1942 and falling in love with a girl he was tattooing at the concentration camp.
Heather Morris met Sokolov a few times before he died in 2006 but the story is fictional. This kind of fictional story is the worst; it uses real-life tragic events to sell something that never happened the way it is shown, just like AIDS and the concert in Bohemian Rhapsody.
It would be great if showrunners write down what things are fictional.
Real Lale Sokolov tattooed prisoners so he had better treatment than other Jews, and he used this treatment to sell prisoners valuables for food. No wonder he did not want to return to Europe because of fear that he would be accused of collaborating with Nazis.
Harvey Keitel is playing old Lale and Jonah Hauer-King is playing old Lale.
The series will premiere on May 2, 2024 on Peacock, Sky Atlantic, and NOW.
