Finished: The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Morris) The true story of a young Slovakian Jewish man, Lale, who is taken to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1942, where he spends three years doing whatever he can to survive. Since he speaks several languages, he is put to work by the SS as the person who tattoos the incoming prisoners.They call him Tatowierer. He gets a few special privileges, such as a bit of extra food, and much less harassment from the guards. He uses whatever he can to share  his extra food with his fellow prisoners. One day he looks up at the arm that is shoved in his face to tattoo, and it's a frightened young girl. Lale falls in love with her on the spot, and from that day on is determined to meet her. Her name is Gita, and she falls in love with Lale as well. They do everything they can to survive the tortures of the camp, including frightening encounters with the evil doctor, Mengele. The story goes on to detail the atrocities of the camps and explores how Lale and Gita survive, with the help of many of their fellow prisoners and friends, most of whom do not make it out alive. In 1945, as the Russian army gets closer and closer to the camps, the Germans begin rounding up prisoners and shooting them or marching them out to other camps. Gita is marched out with the other women and she and Lale are devastatingly separated. Lale makes his way out of the camp on a train as the camp basically falls apart. Gita manages to escape from the march with four other women and makes her way back to Slovakia. Lale is taken by the Russian army to once again use his language proficiency to help them procure women for their parties at night. He's given all the food and showers he needs, and a bedroom to stay in, however, he's always under armed guard when he's taken into town to talk to the women and give them money and jewels to come back to the Russian headquarters. When the Russians finally trust him and send him on his own, Lale takes more money and jewels than he needs and makes his escape. He also makes his way back to Slovakia. He searches and searches for Gita with no luck until one day a towns person suggests he triy the Red Cross lists where many former prisoners returning home are registering to find loved ones. Then, one day in the streets (it's not really explained if it's because of the Red Cross lists) Lale and Gita finally cross each other and fall into each other's arms. They are married and finally have the child they always wanted. It's with the help of this son that the author has written this true story of two survivors of the horrors of the Holocaust.