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At the end of the Second World War, the British Government offered to bring more than 1,000 orphaned child survivors of the Nazi concentration camps to the UK. However, after weeks of effort by officials, only 732 survivors were found, and - although 80 of them were girls - they became known collectively as ''The Boys''.
The children were flown from Eastern Europe to the UK and eventually settled in special hostels throughout the country.
In the UK, they rebuilt their lives as part of this group, and many eventually settled here, while others moved to North America, Australia and Israel.
To mark the 70th anniversary of their liberation last year, those same ''Boys'', their children and their families, began a unique commemoration - to create "Memory Quilts" that would, through words and images, encapsulate their stories. Each square serves as a reminder not only of lost families and communities, but of strength and survival as each of them found a new life in Britain.
