‘Sometimes I say that this is worse than with the Holocaust’
Tomi Reichental, who has worked tirelessly to keep the memory of Jewish Holocaust victims alive, is saddened that lessons from history have not been learned, as the world’s treatment of Syrian refugees shows
Tomi Reichental: “What is happening in Syria is because of civil war and what happened to the Jewish people was very specific. But the end product – people trying to escape – is the same thing.” Photograph: Cyril Byrne
“There are not many Holocaust survivors celebrating their birthday in a mosque,” says Tomi Reichental, proudly.