Tomi Reichental, Holocaust Survivor, visited Lucan Community College
on Thursday 12th of January to speak to around 200 people - TY and Leaving Certificate
History students, 5th Year German Students and some staff.
Tomi
gave an excellent and very powerful talk, detailing his experiences in
Bergen Belsen concentration camp during world war two. Following the
talk, he signed copies of his book, launched just before Christmas, called 'I was
a boy in Belsen'. Once students have read the book, we will publish their comments/reviews in this blog. Watch out for this later on in Jan/feb posts.
A lot of students/staff said Tomi's
talk was unforgettable and believe they were very fortunate to have the
opportunity to listen to one of the few remaining survivors from the
concentration camps. Tomi's message was clear that we should all make
sure 'The Holocaust' he experienced never happens again!
See
links below to a written testimonial of Tomi's background and experiences
(from the excellent Holocaust Education Trust website) and a link to
details about his recently published book ' I was a
boy in Belsen'. (You can read an extract from this.)
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