Fact-Checking “The Tattooist of Auschwitz”.

Although the story is built around the fate of an authentic KL Auschwitz prisoner whose stay in the camp and a part of his camp life may be confirmed by surviving archival documentation, the book, however, contains numerous errors and information inconsistent with the facts; as well as overinterpretations, misinterpretations and understatements on which the overall inauthentic picture of the camp reality is built.