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wordsofclover's review
4.0
Tomi: Tomi Reichental's Holocaust Story's is a revised version of Tomi Reichental's I Was a Boy in Belsen for children and younger YA readers, and a serious but easy way for them to understand the Holocaust and what it did to innocent families.
This was a tough read but also an easy one because it's designed for younger readers. This book is very much told through the eyes of a child, and as a reader we learn about how Tomi slowly had to experience his way of life crumbling around him, told he was wrong simply because of the religion he practised, and shunned by people who were once his friends and neighbors.
Obviously, A Boy in Belsen would have a lot more detail about the camp but I think this book would be a great starter for anyone wanting to introduce children to the history of WW2 and the Holocaust, and it might even be a good book to read with children as well. I would think this book might be a good read before children move on to harder books like Anne Frank's Diary (who is mentioned in this book as they were sent to the same concentration camp).
I also found it very interesting that Tomi Reichental eventually moved to Ireland, and made his family and home here. I'm glad he found peace in this country.
This was a tough read but also an easy one because it's designed for younger readers. This book is very much told through the eyes of a child, and as a reader we learn about how Tomi slowly had to experience his way of life crumbling around him, told he was wrong simply because of the religion he practised, and shunned by people who were once his friends and neighbors.
Obviously, A Boy in Belsen would have a lot more detail about the camp but I think this book would be a great starter for anyone wanting to introduce children to the history of WW2 and the Holocaust, and it might even be a good book to read with children as well. I would think this book might be a good read before children move on to harder books like Anne Frank's Diary (who is mentioned in this book as they were sent to the same concentration camp).
I also found it very interesting that Tomi Reichental eventually moved to Ireland, and made his family and home here. I'm glad he found peace in this country.
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