Rescued images : memories of a childhood in hiding

"Ruth Jacobsen lost her childhood twice. First when she was separated from her parents and hidden from the Nazis in the homes of strangers. Then when she spent the rest of her life trying to forget her terror and loss. One day, she opened albums of family photographs that had lain in a box, untouched for nearly forty years... she transformed the images into art, creating a series of vivid collages that pieced together a shattered childhood. As she worked, long suppressed memories came to the surface. Combing collage and memoir, Rescued Images brings young Ruth Jacobsen back to life: frightened and bewildered, buffeted by forces she cannot understand or control, bending but never breaking." —Back cover