Refuge Collection (page 8)

Homeless refugee women and children, Russia, 1941

Refugees leaving a Normandy town, France, World War II, 1940-1944

Refugees returning home, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders returning to their homes after Frances defeat

Refugees studying a train timetable, Gare de l Est, Paris, July 1940. People who had fled the German invaders preparing to return to their homes after Frances defeat

Entering Holland from the Belgian frontier, 1915. About a million refugees crossed the border from German-occupied Belgium into the neutral Netherlands during the First World War

French refugees return to their abandoned village, Artois, World War I, 1915. A print from the Le Flambeau (the Torch), 18 September 1915

Residents of the suburbs arriving in Paris before the Prussians besiege the city, 1870 (1872). Artist: Auguste Bry
Residents of the suburbs arriving in Paris before the Prussians besiege the city, 1870 (1872). After the disastrous defeat of the French at Sedan and the capture of Napoleon III

Orestes at Delphi with Iphigenia, Attic Red Figure Krater, c5th century BC
Orestes at Delphi with Iphigenia, Attic Red Figure Krater, c6th century BC

Stone panels from northern Iraq, Neo-Assyrian, c700-c681 BC
Relief of Assyrian slingers at the siege of Lachish, from the north-west palace at Nineveh of Sennacharib, from the British Museums collection

Assyrian relief of refugees from the palace of Ashburnipal at Ninever

Great Fire of London, 1666 (19th century). Old St Paul s, destroyed in the fire, seen from the south bank of the Thames. Refugees from the flames cluster in boats

Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Artist: Kronheim & Co
Great Fire of London, 1666 (c1865). Boats full of citizens who have escaped cross the Thames while others look back to Old St Pauls and the blazing city from the safety of the South Bank

Black refugees travelling in a bullock cart, American Civil War, 1861-1865. From the Library of Congress

Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. Artist: Henri Meyer
Earthquake in Thebes, 1893. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 17th June 1893

Families leaving their village bombarded during the Normandy landings, France, 1944

Refugees with their belongings, German-occupied Paris, July 1940

Salvation Army shelter, Blackfriars, London, early 20th century. The Penny Sit-Up for men, where the homeless could find shelter sitting on a bench for a penny a night

Souvenir de Folkestone (Arrival of the Boulogne Boat), 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Souvenir de Folkestone (Arrival of the Boulogne Boat), 1873. The boat from Boulogne brings French citizens escaping from the troubles of France. From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 11, 1873

The Next Refugee, or a Drheam of the Futur, 1859. Pro Nono I want-a, to go to Ley-chesterra Squarra! Pope Pius IX, clutching his shopping basket like a housewife, with his umbrella and box of relics

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