From Kazakhstan to Kilkeel - the story of the Sekules family

Thu Jan 16 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm UTC+00:00

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland | Belfast

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From Kazakhstan to Kilkeel - the story of the Sekules family
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Talk by Csilla Toldy & Esther Bloch
About this Event

The Northern Ireland War Memorial in partnership with the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) would like to invite you to a talk by Csilla Toldy and Esther Bloch, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

This talk is based on the illustrated book, Enemy Alien - Walters Journey Through Adversity (2024), written by Csilla Toldy and published by the Light Theatre Company​ CIC.

The book tells the story of the late Walter Sekules, a Holocaust survivor from Austria. Walter arrived in Northern Ireland with his family in 1947 aged seven years old. A few years later, Edith, his mother, was offered an opportunity to start a business and established, ‘Kilkeel Dancing Hose’, at times employing a hundred women.

Walter’s sister, Esther, will be joining Csilla for the talk and giving an account of the development of the business and the family’s years in Kilkeel.

Enemy Alien - Walters Journey Through Adversity was published with the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

This event is onsite at PRONI only.


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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast, United Kingdom

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