A first-hand narrative of the horrors of Bergen-Belsen – seen through the eyes of a child – and the remarkable life that followed.

Born in 1939 in Amsterdam, by the age of four Maurice Blik was forced to face the questions and choices that philosophers, artists and religions have left unanswered. Moving to England following liberation, the legacy of some of the worst atrocities of the war remained silent in him until it found a voice almost 40 years later in his sculpture, work which saw him made President of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1996.

Often reticent to discuss his work due to the painful experiences behind them, the internationally acclaimed artist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts now takes conclusive ownership of the narrative in his memoir The Art of Survival. As broadcaster and Holocaust Commissioner Natasha Kaplinsky writes in the foreword: “His searing childhood experiences profoundly shaped the sculptor he was to become, renowned for works of majesty and life-affirming power.” In conversation with Daily Mail and Sunday Times journalist York Membery.