“Our commitment must be to remember the victims who perished, respect the survivors still with us, and reaffirm humanity's common aspiration for mutual understanding and justice.”
-- Declaration of the Stockholm International Forum on the Holocaust
Dublin-Based Holocaust Survivor Receives Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
06.02.2013
Dublin-based Holocaust survivor, Tomi Reichental, has been presented with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the German Ambassador, Dr Eckhard Lubkemeier, on behalf of the German government.
The award was made in recognition of Tomi's work in combating racism and in promoting tolerance and reconciliation.
Born in Slovakia in 1935, Tomi was captured in 1944 and deported to Bergen Belsen with his mother, grandmother, brother, aunt and cousin. Holocaust Education Trust Ireland (HETI) commends Tomi's commitment to educating young people and raising awareness about the Holocaust throughout Ireland.
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