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Prologue - Chapter 2

The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Morris, Heather. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Harper, 2018.

Prologue:

• Lale begins to tattoo over the faded number of a girl in his line.

• Pepan, the head tattooist, urges Lale to hurry up with his work.

• Lale hates having to disfigure the bodies of young women and tries to be gentle.

• A doctor in a white coat comes up to the woman that Lale is tattooing and holds her face.

• Lale cautions the young woman not to speak by squeezing her arm.

• Lale tattoos the number 4902 on her and looks into her eyes.

• Lale's heart beats faster and the ground sways beneath him.

• Pepan again urges him to hurry.

• When Lale looks up, the girl is gone.

Chapter 1: April 1942

• Lale is 25 years-old and is traveling crammed into a cattle car with lots of other...

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