Text in the image reads: Searchlight: Stories of the Second World War. The busts of three service people sit facing left, above Belfast City Hall. Three planes and searchlights are in the sky behind them.

Alice Berger Hammerschlag paints a line from Vienna to Belfast in the background. In the foreground, a smaller figure walks with a portfolio; around her is a violin, a Star of David, and Belfast landmarks.

ALICE BERGER HAMMERSCHLAG

In the foreground and background, men point guns with bayonets. In the midground, a train.

CECIL KILPATRICK

In the foreground, Kenneth Brown sits in a plane with an RAF symbol on his arm. In the background, there are planes in the sky; anonymous figures stand, some with headsets on; and a man stands in front of a plane.

In the foreground, text reading Women's Royal Naval Service. A women sits ready to type, and a man in the background sits sending Morse code. In the midground, there are ships, and various details are visible - a phone, a hat and gloves, a band with two people dancing, and a woman in uniform stands beside herself in a wedding dress.

MAUREEN LIGHTBODY

Four men run to put out a blaze caused by incendiary bombs. In the background, airships - also known as blimps - fly overhead.

THE BLITZ

A story with immersive sound and a walking tour explore the impact of the Blitz on Belfast

Two young people sit in front of an open laptop. Around them are objects - a globe, a bombed building, planes, a teddy bear, and open web pages.

VOICES

Listen to stories from the Second World War – in the words of those who lived through it

A hand hovers over a computer mouse, which is connected to a cloud featuring images of photographs, medals, and letters.

YOUR STORIES

Share your own family or local stories

ABOUT US

Who we are and why we do it.