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Yanky Fachler speaking to the Irish Jewish Historical Society on April 8th 2013 on the occasion of Yom HaShoa.Yanky Fachler speaking to the Irish Jewish Historical Society on April 8th 2013 on the occasion of Yom HaShoa.

The Day a Jewish flag flew over the Warsaw Ghetto

The Warsaw Ghetto was established in October 1940. Jews in Warsaw and its suburbs were rounded up, and 400,000 people, about 30% of the population of Warsaw, were squeezed into the Ghetto that was about 2.4% the size of Warsaw. Over 100,000 Ghetto residents died due to rampant disease or starvation, as well as random killings. Between Tisha Be’Av (July 23) and Yom Kippur (September 21) 1942, about a quarter of a million Jews were deported from the Ghetto and murdered in the... 

Tomi with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyTomi with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Tomi Reichental Receiving his Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

This is the moment when Tomi Reichental author, family man, holocaust survivor, and perhaps most importantly man of quiet dignity and wisdom was honoured by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The award was presented to Tomi by the German Ambassador to Ireland, Dr. Eckhard Lübkemeier in recognition of his tireless work and efforts to educate present day generations of the dangers of racism,...