I keep going back to reread this. It makes me so happy.
>>508831567They were learning how to be tattoo artists. Most people wouldn't want to get a permanent tattoo from someone who's just starting out, so they used the jews for practice. They started out with numbers because that was easy but eventually began doing pictures. Anne Frank got a tattoo of Bobby Hill from King of the Hill saying, "That's my purse, I don't know you!"