The piano teacher of Montparnasse

Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Oct 7, 20260:26:11Society & Culture

A chance encounter in 2003 led Heather Morris to meet 87 year-old Auschwitz survivor Lale Sokolov. For the next three years, Lale told her his story. Heather’s book, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, went on to be an internati...

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