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Yuri is Victor’s son, a Polish worker who comes to Birkenau by day to help construct the camp’s crematoriums. Unlike his father, Yuri is hesitant to show kindness to Lale, whom he calls a “Jew boy.” However, Victor chastises him for being rude, so he starts treating Lale with more respect, going along with his father’s decision to bring Lale food in exchange for jewels and money.
Yuri Quotes in The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The The Tattooist of Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Yuri or refer to Yuri. 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 7 Quotes
Lale squeezes Dana’s hand. “Thank you. Try to get some food into her. I’ll have medicine tomorrow.”
He departs, his mind a whirlpool. I barely know Gita, yet how can I live if she does not?
That night, sleep evades him.
The next morning, Victor places medicine, along with food, into Lale’s bag.
That afternoon, he is able to get it to Dana.
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Yuri Character Timeline in The Tattooist of Auschwitz
The timeline below shows where the character Yuri appears in The Tattooist of Auschwitz. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
...strikes up a conversation with two of the workers, who introduce themselves as Victor and Yuri. Victor is friendly, but Yuri—Victor’s son—calls Lale a “Jew boy” and he tells Lale to...
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...that the camp will have multiple crematoriums, Victor gives Lale a sausage from his and Yuri’s lunch. When Yuri complains, his father tells him to be quiet. He also admonishes Yuri...
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After leaving Victor and Yuri, Lale breaks the sausage into multiple parts and he puts the pieces in his supplies...
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The following day, Lale goes to Victor and Yuri to tell them that he’s trying to find a way to pay them. As Lale...
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Chapter 7
The next day, Lale rushes to Victor and Yuri and he asks them to get him penicillin or a similar kind of medication. To...
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After meeting Victor and Yuri, Lale goes with Baretski and Leon to work at Auschwitz, but his mind remains on...
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Chapter 18
Lale goes to visit Victor and Yuri, though he discovers that Victor is absent because he’s sick. Addressing Yuri, Lale tentatively asks...
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Chapter 21
...he puts the diamond ring in his supplies bag before going to see Victor and Yuri, moving with much more caution than he used to. Victor greets Lale warmly and he...
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Chapter 24
...all, the chances that they will be killed increases. What’s more, workers like Victor and Yuri have stopped coming, and large numbers of prisoners are transported out of the camps each...
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