Enemy Alien
Mon, 13 Jan
|Belfast
reading and workshop with P7 school children
Time & Location
13 Jan 2025, 23:30 – 14 Jan 2025, 03:30
Belfast, 109 Salisbury Ave, Belfast BT15 5EB, UK
About the event
Csilla Toldy will tell the story of Walter Sekules, born in 1940. Walter is a young Jewish boy growing up in a camp for enemy aliens in Kazakhstan, where winters are harsh, and the summers are hot. His parents are from Austria, but he was born in Tallinn, Estonia. For Walter, the camp is the only home he has known for six years, while the Second World War is raging in Europe. He makes friends with the soldiers who guard them and nurtures eagle fledglings. When the war is over, he and his family embark on a 3,000 mile journey through war-torn Europe, in search of the rest of their family and, eventually, a new home in Northern Ireland.
Walter's story is told in Csilla's book Enemy Alien - Walter's Journey Through Adversity (2024)