Tomi reichental biography of martin luther king

Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor

Tomáš "Tomi" Reichental, BEM^[1] (born ) is a Holocaust survivor.

Tomi reichental biography of martin luther king

He was born in Czechoslovakia in to Jewish farmers and lived with his family on their farm until he was the age of eight. At this age laws started coming in that prohibited the movement and rights of Jewish people and that is when he and his family went into hiding.^[2] He, his mother, his brother, and his grandmother were caught and taken to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in where they remained until the camp was liberated by the British in More than 30 members of his family were killed during the Holocaust.^[3]

He moved to Ireland in but did not speak about his experiences for half a century.^[3]

Reichental is known for his talks about his experience of The Holocaust as a child.

As of ^[update] he is one of three Holocaust survivors residing in Ireland.^[4] He gives talks in secondary schools, colleges