More doubt cast on Auschwitz tattooist novel

A bestselling novel about the Holocaust has generated a strong backlash from readers around the world, and most importantly, from the Auschwitz Museum in Poland, which maintains an internet and Twitter presence online.

After many people, Jewish and non-Jewish, sent in messages to the museum concerning the veracity and controversy over Heather Morris’ million-copy bestseller marketed as a sexed-up ”romance novel/memoir” titled ”The Tattooist Of Auschwitz,” the online webmaster of the museum’s website felt compelled to issue this notice (and warning) to readers around the world:

”Due to the number of factual errors in the novel, “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” cannot be recommended as a valuable position for those who wish to understand the history of the Nazi concentration camp. While the novel is a one non-Jewish Australian storyteller’s impression about Auschwitz, allegedly inspired by a so-called “true story, as the cover of the book intoines, the book itself is almost without any value as a document of what went on in Auschwitz.”

http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2018/11/25/more-doubt-cast-on-auschwitz-tattooist-novel/