‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’: A Man Faces Guilt Over Loss

A tragic tale of the man who put the serial numbers on the arms of new arrivals.

Aaron (Ilan Galkoff, L) and Lali Eisenberg (Jonah Hauer-King) at Auschwitz, in “The Tattooist of Auschwitz.” Peacock

TV-MA | 6 episodes | Historical Drama | 2024

Viewers might wonder why Ludwig “Lali” Eisenberg changed his surname to “Sokolov,” since it’s never explained in this series. There was a good reason. Before immigrating to Australia, the Slovakian Holocaust survivor concluded that a more Russian sounding name would be safer while he still lived under the communist regime.