Schwarzhuber is a high-ranking officer at Birkenau. A cruel and unfeeling man, he rapes Cilka and forces her to become his unwilling mistress, calling upon her frequently and taking her to his bedroom. When Cilka learns that Lale has been taken to Block 31 (where it’s extremely difficult to survive), she asks Schwarzhuber to do her a favor by having him transferred and reinstated as the tattooist, pointing out that she has never refused to do anything he wants to do. Somewhat unexpectedly, Schwarzhuber agrees to do this, thereby saving Lale’s life.
Schwarzhuber Quotes in The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The The Tattooist of Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Schwarzhuber or refer to Schwarzhuber. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 17
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“What do you mean, hero? She’s not a hero,” Gita says with some annoyance. “She just wants to live.”
“And that makes her a hero. You’re a hero, too, my darling. That the two of you have chosen to survive is a type of resistance to these Nazi bastards. Choosing to live is an act of defiance, a form of heroism.”
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Schwarzhuber Quotes in The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The The Tattooist of Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Schwarzhuber or refer to Schwarzhuber. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 17
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“What do you mean, hero? She’s not a hero,” Gita says with some annoyance. “She just wants to live.”
“And that makes her a hero. You’re a hero, too, my darling. That the two of you have chosen to survive is a type of resistance to these Nazi bastards. Choosing to live is an act of defiance, a form of heroism.”
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