The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz Coming to Sky HISTORY

Sky HISTORY has ordered the upcoming 90-minute documentary The Tattooist’s Son: Journey to Auschwitz as part of its partnership with Hearst Networks EMEA.

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. Gita and Lali’s love story began when they met and fell in love as Slovakian Jewish prisoners. The film tracks Gary’s first visit to the notorious German death camp.

Throughout the documentary, Gary will meet with Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz; actors Jonah Hauer-King and Anna Próchniak, who portrayed his parents in the Sky original drama; Holocaust trauma psychiatrist George Halasz; and 100-year-old Holocaust and Auschwitz survivor Abram Goldberg.

The documentary is set to air on Sky HISTORY in January 2025.

“As the last survivors of the most terrible event in human history depart this life, it is down to the next generation and those like Gary to take this difficult journey and bear witness so that such incomprehensible violence and bloodshed can never happen again,” said Dan Korn, VP of programming at Hearst Networks EMEA.

Claire Mundell, founder and creative director of Synchronicity Films, commented, “Having brought Lali and Gita’s incredible love story to the screen in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, it is a privilege for us to walk with Gary on this emotional and personal pilgrimage for his parents. By sharing his story, we hope to give audiences an insight into the burden of intergenerational trauma and encourage empathy for the children of survivors coping with their parents’ painful legacies in order that neither they nor we ever forget.”

“We are honored to commission this poignant documentary that will follow Gary Sokolov as he embarks on this deeply personal journey,” added Hayley Reynolds, acting director of documentaries and factual at Sky. “Building on the success of our critically acclaimed Sky original drama, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, we hope this documentary will further engage audiences in a meaningful dialogue about the Holocaust.”