2009 Regional Holocaust Event

Northern Ireland held its Holocaust Memorial Day event in The Braid, Ballymena Town Hall, Museum and Arts Centre on Tuesday 27th January.

The Address was given by Mr Bruce Robinson, Head of the NI Civil Service.

Councillor Maurice T. Mills, Mayor of Ballymena, gives the Welcome Address

Mr Bruce Robinson, Head of the NI Civil Service, gives the Address

Inge Radford lights a candle in memory of the victims of the Holocaust

Dr Susanna Kokkonen, Director of the Christian Friends of Yad Vashem, gives the Closing Address

Rabbi Menachem Brackman blowing the Shofar to bring the commemoration to a close

L-R  Joseph Cohen, Bruce Robinson, Cantor Alwyn Shulman, Shoshanna Karp-Sawey, Councillor Declan O'Loan, Deputy Mayor of Ballymena, Dr Susanna Kokkonen, Sam Law, Shoshanna Appleton, Rabbi Menachem Brackman, Sister Therese Fitzgerald, Inge Radford, Linda patterson, Alicja Nowakowska, Ivy Ridge, Joanne Bargwell, Norma Simon, James Knox, Patrick Kyle

Rebekah Durston (1st violin), Fiona Gormley (2nd violin), Zoe McQueen (viola) and Joy Moore (cello), a string quartet from Ballymena Chamber Orchestra, who entertained guests in The Braid

For more information regarding other events which took place in 2009 you can download a copy of the HMD09 Commemorative book (PDF 1.40MB)