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Jonah Hauer-King, who plays Lale Sokolov in the television adaptation of the popular novel “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,” is opening up about the reality of portraying a Holocaust survivor. The six-episode Peacock series follows Lale, a Slovakian Jew, who winds up as a tattooist while being held prisoner at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.
.com caught up with Hauer-King to discuss what playing this role means to him, how the show practices sensitivity when depicting the Holocaust and how the series compares to the book. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' book was originally published in 2018. How long has the idea for a television adaptation been in the works? These things, they just really take time.
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