Tommy Reichental - holocaust documentary
On Tuesday, January 16th, our year travelled to The Eye Cinema, Galway to watch a documentary with Holocaust survivor, Tomi Reichental. We were asked to do a reflection on it:
"Tomi, who lost 35 family members in the Nazi Holocaust spends his days visiting schools and colleges around Europe telling his story. What shocked me was that he cried at the fact that peop0le thought that it didn’t actually happened, and that when the Jews were on the death walk, if someone slowed down, they were shot. If they leaned against each other they were shot immediately. I found this very unfair on them. I found it disturbing that all the men were put into a barn and all burned to death and they they're close neighbors would go and look for any traces of gold like a false golden tooth.
During the film, A crowd of supporters chant "Slovakia for Slovaks" at a rally in the capital Bratislava. Some parts of the film are painful reminders for Tomi of the 1940's and the guards who assisted the mass murder of Jews in Slovakia in the 1940's. He tries to arrange a meeting with 'Marion Koteleba' leader of the People's party our Slovakia group, but he never answered to his calls, messages or emails.
"We must be careful that history does not repeat itself". This sentence that Tomi said really impacted on my because it puts a bit of fear into someone to hear that. Overall, I really enjoyed the movie and I found it very interesting to listen and hear. After that was the question and answer. I found it was very long and that his answers didn't exactly match the questions but it was still good.
I was surprised to see that there were further events following the Holocaust that were of similar means as the Holocaust. I was shocked to learn of the perusal and murder of so many Muslims in Bosnia. I was also surprised to see Tomi actively trying to get those people that worked in concentration camps. It was clear to me that her wanted to see those that carried out the crime come to the realization of what they had done."
"Tomi, who lost 35 family members in the Nazi Holocaust spends his days visiting schools and colleges around Europe telling his story. What shocked me was that he cried at the fact that peop0le thought that it didn’t actually happened, and that when the Jews were on the death walk, if someone slowed down, they were shot. If they leaned against each other they were shot immediately. I found this very unfair on them. I found it disturbing that all the men were put into a barn and all burned to death and they they're close neighbors would go and look for any traces of gold like a false golden tooth.
During the film, A crowd of supporters chant "Slovakia for Slovaks" at a rally in the capital Bratislava. Some parts of the film are painful reminders for Tomi of the 1940's and the guards who assisted the mass murder of Jews in Slovakia in the 1940's. He tries to arrange a meeting with 'Marion Koteleba' leader of the People's party our Slovakia group, but he never answered to his calls, messages or emails.
"We must be careful that history does not repeat itself". This sentence that Tomi said really impacted on my because it puts a bit of fear into someone to hear that. Overall, I really enjoyed the movie and I found it very interesting to listen and hear. After that was the question and answer. I found it was very long and that his answers didn't exactly match the questions but it was still good.
I was surprised to see that there were further events following the Holocaust that were of similar means as the Holocaust. I was shocked to learn of the perusal and murder of so many Muslims in Bosnia. I was also surprised to see Tomi actively trying to get those people that worked in concentration camps. It was clear to me that her wanted to see those that carried out the crime come to the realization of what they had done."