Mikulas Reichental (M / Slovakia, 1931), Holocaust survivor

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Mikulas Reichental (M / Slovakia, 1931), Holocaust survivor

Tomi Reichental (M / Slovakia, 1935), Holocaust survivor

Biography

Mikulas (18 Dec 1931) and Tomáš "Tomi"(26 Jun 1935) Reichental were born in the village of Merašice (near Piestani) in Western Slovakia in 1935 to Jewish farmers and lived with their family on their farm. Under Nazi occupation, to avoid deportation they went into hiding but Tomi was captured in October 1944 with other members of his family. They were taken to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp where they stayed until the camp was liberated by the British on 15 April 1945. After the war Tomi moved to Ireland and wrote a book of memoirs in 2011.

Sources

  • USHMM Database (yes)

External links

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