From Kazakhstan to Kilkeel - the story of the Sekules Family

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 - Walter’s 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 - Walter’s Journey Through…