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- Lale Sokolov was born Ludwig Eisenberg on 28 October 1916 in Korompa, Kingdom of Hungary (now Krompachy, Slovakia). In April 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz as part of the Slovak government's participation in the Holocaust. Upon arrival at the extermination camp, he was tattooed with the number 32407.
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For the next two years, Lale would tattoo hundreds of thousands of prisoners, with the help of assistants.
Jan 8, 2018 · In April 1942, aged 26, Lale was taken to Auschwitz, the Nazis' biggest death camp. When the Nazis came to his hometown, Lale had offered himself as a strong, able-bodied young man in the...
Lale first set eyes on Gita in July 1942 while she was lining up to get tattooed, a practice designed to rob hundreds of thousands of prisoners of their identities.
- Jon O'brien
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May 2, 2024 · Lale Sokolov (played by Jonah Hauer-King), a Slovakian Jew sent to Auschwitz in 1942, is made to tattoo new arrivals to the camp with a registration number on their arms. When he meets a young prisoner named Gita (Anna Próchniak), he falls in love and so is offered a slither of hope in this otherwise hopeless place.
- The War Arrives
- Finding Love at The End of A Needle
- Love Endures — But So Does Pain
Lale's early life was a relatively charmed one. Born Ludwig "Lale" Eisenberg in 1916 to Jewish parents in a small town in Slovakia, he spent his youth travelling. But, of course, the war changed everything. By the early 1940s Jewish businesses were being confiscated and Jews were being rounded up to "work" for the Germans. At least that's what they...
It was while working at his tattoo station that Lale first met Gita. Born Gisela Fuhrmannova, Gita had arrived at the camp shortly before Lale, but had been sent to him to have her tattoo redone because it was fading. The Nazis wanted to make sure the ink was permanent. Lale would later tell Ms Morris that as he pushed the needle into her arm and r...
Lale and Gita married in October 1945, mere months after the war ended. They tried to make a life in Europe, but the politically charged aftermath of the war meant danger was still ever-present, so they set sail for Australia. Their son Gary — born in 1961 when the pair settled in Melbourne — said their love never wavered despite the horror of its ...
Lale Sokolov, born Ludwig “Lale” Eisenberg to Jewish parents in Slovakia in 1916, was admitted to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. He offered himself to the Nazis to spare the rest of his...
May 2, 2024 · Despite the horrors of Auschwitz, the couple's romance blossomed with the help of Lali's privileged role as a tattooist. After the war, Lali and Gita built a life together in Australia, but Lali kept their story silent until Gita's passing.
