Person of no nationality: a story of childhood separation, loss and recovery

Berlin-born Ruth Barnett was sent to Britain in 1939 at the age of four by her parents to escape the Nazis as her father was Jewish.She grew up in rural southern England in foster families. Despite some ill-treatment, she was desperate to be adopted and to be accepted as British. Then, in 1949, her parents unexpectedly reappeared and forced her to return to Germany.