Unduly harsh 

     Dear Fran,

 Plugged up. I have a mental block and I do not know how to get out of it. I have not been able to make a painting with which I feel satisfied for more than a month.

 

The tattooist of Auschwitz (VI)

The Tätowierer is moved to Block 31 and his job is to pile rocks from one place to another and then carry the same rocks back to where he picked them up. This is what a pal told me that he had to do when he joined the army! Only instead of stones, they were logs of wood. The idea is the same: keep the soldiers / prisoners busy, even if this requires chaining one stupidity after another.

Friendship. Chapter 21 is dedicated by the author to friends. Here you can see Cilka, Dana, Ivana, Leon ... and the affection they have between them and our partner.

At the same time, Lale push his luck again and barters diamonds for chocolate.

Living with the Romani reminds the Slovak of the relationship he had with his father. A relationship very similar to that of the oldest with children, the young and even the oldest women. Among the Romani of that death camp, Lale observes a certain emotional distancing, perhaps maintained by tradition, just as his father had with him.

We are already in chapter 23 and Heather Morris relates that a series of explosions take place in the Crematorium Four. What has caused them? Who? Word is spreading that the Russians are moving forward.

Is it true that the allies will finally liberate Auschwitz?

My dear friend, we already know from history that on January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered that abominable place, but in order not to ruin the end of this interesting book, I am going to stop here. The remaining chapters (4), the epilogue, the postscript, and the additional information you will need to obtain on your own.

From my Borstal.

LDR

The tattooist of Auschwitz.- Morris, Heather.- Zaffre, London, 2018

 

The tattooist of Auschwitz (V) 

Chapter 15 is short and all of it is dedicated to the love affair of the two lovers. For a moment — after bribing the kapo of Block 29 — the couple abandon themselves to fate and make love as if there were no tomorrow. They don't mind being surprised by some soldier; they are so possessed by the burning desire to merge into one another that they ignore the slightest precautions. Do you know of those birds that sing and sing during heat and the hunter can reach the foot of the tree where they are perched without being seen?