Ivana Character Analysis in The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Along with and , Ivana is one of Gita’s close friends in the camp. When the Nazis round up the female prisoners and force them out of Birkenau at the end of the war, Gita and Dana are unable to find Ivana, unsure whether or not she’s still alive.

Ivana Quotes in The Tattooist of Auschwitz

The The Tattooist of Auschwitz quotes below are all either spoken by Ivana or refer to Ivana. 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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“I’m sorry that I have my escape, my Lale. You know I wish with all my heart the same for you two.”

“We are very happy that you have him,” says Ivana.

“It is enough that one of us has a little happiness. We share in it, and you let us—that’s enough for us,” says Dana.

Related Characters: Gita (speaker), Dana (speaker), Ivana (speaker), Lale

Page Number and Citation: 225

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