‘Stitched Memories’: a 1943 sampler, a Nazi camp and thoughts about identity and belonging

On a recent family holiday to Jersey, I encountered a very unexpected reminder of my childhood in Germany. We went to Hamptonne , the Country Life Museum, and while my daughter went straight to the farmyard to coo over chicken, pigs and the exceptionally cute calves, I went to see the ‘Stitched Memories’ exhibition whch brings together…