In February 1946, a group of young Holocaust survivors arrived in Northern Ireland, travelling onwards to the safe haven of the farm in Millisle, Co. Down.
1st February 1944
Remembering those with connections to Northern Ireland who died on 1st February while serving in armies, navies, and air forces in the Second World War.
2nd February 1942
On 2nd February 1942, members of a recently arrived U.S. Army signals battalion met with cooks from a British Army regiment at Sunnylands Camp, Co. Antrim.
3rd February 1943
The Second World War was a global conflict. On 3rd February 1943, sailors and airmen with connections to Northern Ireland died off Iceland and in Tunisia.
4th February 1943
On 4th February 1943, Lieutenant Bainbridge accompanied members of No. 12 and 33 Provost Company, A.T.S. in Northern Ireland showing their daily activities.
16th February 1941
On 16th February 1941, a photographer from the Belfast Telegraph newspaper photographed an unidentified Royal Navy corvette underway as part of a convoy escort.
18th February 1941
On 18th February 1941, a Belfast Telegraph photographer spotted H.M.S. Scimitar (H-21) on escort duty off the coast of Northern Ireland in the North Atlantic.
22nd February 1941
On 22nd February 1941, a Belfast Telegraph photographer joined the crew on board a Royal Navy vessel as they undertook a convoy patrol in the North Atlantic.
24th February 1946
On 24th February 1946, a Douglas Dakota plane carrying young Jewish orphans from lands across occupied Europe landed at Sydenham airfield in East Belfast.
25th February 1946
On 24th February 1946, a further group of young Jewish teenagers orphaned as a result of the Holocaust landed at an Ulster airfield, travelling on to Millisle.
27th February 1946
On 27th February 1946, R.A.F. Squadron Leader Baker landed at Sydenham airfield in East Belfast carrying on board a group of young Jewish Holocaust survivors.
