Gary the only child of Lele and Gita Sokolov, was considered a miracle child, after his mother was told that because of the medical experiments on her in Auschwitz, she will never have children.
It was a familiar face. A pair of bright eyes. Gita had found him. The couple married in October 1945 and changed their last name to Sokolov to better fit into Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakia.
Gary the only child of Lele and Gita Sokolov, was considered a miracle child, after his mother was told that she will never have children after the horrific medical experiments on her in Auschwitz.
A prestige drama starring Harvey Keitel, "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" tells the story of how Lale Sokolov and Gita Fuhrmannova fell in love at the notorious concentration camp, and supported each ...
The documentary, produced by Synchronicity Films (The Tattooist of Auschwitz), follows Gary Sokolov, the only son of Gita and Lali Sokolov, one of the real-life tattooists from Auschwitz.