People

Maurice Solomon

Civilian | Belfast Jewish Community

Maurice Solomon was a leading member of the Belfast Jewish Community in the 1940s. He was one of three men to help lease a farm as a safe-haven for Jews.

John Palmer

Civilian

John Palmer was the headmaster of Millisle Primary School, Millisle, Co. Down. He oversaw the teaching of several Kindertransport children during the 1940s.

Leo Scop

Civilian | Belfast Jewish Community

Leo Scop was a leading member of the Belfast Jewish Community in the 1940s. He was one of three men to lease a farm in Millisler to help Jewish children.

Barney Hurwitz

Civilian | Belfast Jewish Community

President of the Belfast Hebrew Congregation Barney Hurwitz was instrumental in saving many lives during World War Two by establishing a refugee settlement.

Edith Kohner

Jewish Refugee

Edith Kohner, her husband Franz, and two young children came to Northern Ireland as Jewish refugees escaping Hitler's Nazi persecution in Czechoslovakia.

Eugen Patriasz

Jewish Refugee

Eugen Patriasz was a Jewish refugee from Hungary. With a degree in Agriculture from the University of Vienna, he undertook management of the Millisle farm.

Ian Robert McCready

Stoker | LT/KX 115483

Stoker Ian Robert McCready was on HM Trawler Lady Shirley when the Royal Naval Patrol Service Vessel went down in the Mediterranean on 11th December 1941.

Norman Mitchell

Seaman | LT/JX 241380

Seaman Norman Mitchell was on HM Trawler Lady Shirley when the Royal Naval Patrol Service Vessel went down in the Mediterranean on 11th December 1941.

Terence Malcolm Bulloch

Squadron Leader

Squadron Leader Terence Malcolm Bulloch of Lisburn, Co. Antrim became one of the most successful U-Boat destroyers in the Royal Air Force's Coastal Command.