Rooted Sorrows

Introduction to John Goto's ""Terezin'' series, and Ania Bien's
""Hotel Polen''. ""Goto and Bien begin at opposite ends of the
polarity of personal and social memory, Goto with the sense of
historical empathy only available to the outsider, Bien with the
autobiographical intensity available only to the insider. Yet
their work is complementary. Themes are obviously shared:
childhood, loss and - above all - deracination as the toll of
one of the largest movements of people inhuman history, many
going to their destruction''.