Composite artwork (personal documents)
From the press release:
"To its inmates, the refugee camp in England is a like an island in a foreign sea:
they may be united by their lack of English and their war memories, but there is much to divide them.
Some of the adults have numbers tattooed on their arms. A few of the camp inmates turn out
to be former Waffen SS. Menace pervades the post-war atmosphere of relief and new beginnings.
Kids speak English at school but revert to other languages at home, learning about distant
traditions in their own special classes whilst wondering why only some
versions of the past are permitted."
The author: Henry Pavlovich was Director and Chief Executive of the
Chartered Institute of Linguists, retiring after it celebrated the award of a
Royal Charter in autumn 2005. For many years before that he held various
news-gathering posts at the BBC.