David Seymour's post-war document brings focus to the children affected in the aftermath of the Second World War and documents their attempts to regain their childhood. Driving through five European countries – Austria, Greece, Italy, Hungary and Poland – he encountered children who had suffered severe mental and physical trauma. A refugee of both world wars, Seymour could relate on a personal level to the harsh realities of the individuals he was photographing and this sentiment undoubtedly resounded with him.

One of the most chilling portraits is of Tereska, a young girl residing at a facility for disturbed children in Poland. The survivor of a German concentration camp, Tereska gazes out of the frame with a hollow stare that speaks of the inconceivable horrors she must have suffered. Behind her hangs a blackboard covered in an indiscernible scrawl, which Tereska drew after being asked to depict her home.