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Refugee Collection (#5)

Background imageRefugee Collection: Collection van with furniture WWII

Collection van with furniture WWII
Any articles useful in furnishing houses requisitioned for refugees are collected by vans from local residents during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee babies born during flight WWII

Refugee babies born during flight WWII
Born during the voyage, these infants will know of the terrors through which their parents lived for their principles, only by listening to stories to be told in the future of that tragic mass exodus

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee distribution centre WWII

Refugee distribution centre WWII
An official interpreter at the distributing centre helps Belgian refugees fill our food ration cards during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Filling in Food ration card WWII

Filling in Food ration card WWII
Jenny de Graaf, a Belgian refugee arriving in London, fills out a form for a food ration card at the Fulham distributing centre during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee receiving station WWII

Refugee receiving station WWII
The Fulham Institute in London where refugees were received directly from the station before being sent to the distributing centre during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Quakers aid refugees WWII

Quakers aid refugees WWII
The Quakers organised that each child on board the refugee steamer received a glass of milk twice a day

Background imageRefugee Collection: Preparing for refugees WWII

Preparing for refugees WWII
Any items useful in furnishing houses are requisitioned for refugees and collected by vans from local residents in England during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Rufugee mothers WWII

Rufugee mothers WWII
Refugee mothers can buy a cup of tea from the Voluntary Welfare Workers in England during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Jewish broadcaster WWII

Jewish broadcaster WWII
Mr. Levin, the Jewish news broadcaster, speaks daily over the American sender XMHA in German to his fellow refugees who most of them have relatives in Germany

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee hostel furnished WWII

Refugee hostel furnished WWII
Cubicles in a Salvation Hostel in London are hurriedly furnished to receive refugees during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee storage WWII

Refugee storage WWII
There are a few storage rooms in each camp where people keep their belongings during World War II. Thus the transfer from summer to winter equipment becomes quite an affair, performed in shifts

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees from Spitsbergen WWII

Refugees from Spitsbergen WWII
Men from Spitsbergen evacuated to England during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Travelling refugees WWII

Travelling refugees WWII
Refugees travelling by train during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: House requisition WWII

House requisition WWII
Empty houses in Chelsea are requisitioned by the Town Clerk for refugees and bear this notice on their doors during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees WWII

Refugees WWII
Refugees gather to hear speaker during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: London refugee billeting WWII

London refugee billeting WWII
At the Fulham Borough Council, London, a Dutch refugee and his family learn where they will be billeted during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Classroom WWII

Classroom WWII
Refugee boys sitting at attention in the art classroom. They would sit thus whenever the Commandant or a master enter the classroom

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees on ship WWII

Refugees on ship WWII
Refugees travelling by ship during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Kitchener refugee camp WWII

Kitchener refugee camp WWII
Many of the refugees in Kitchener refugee camp in England preferred to shave themselves and even seemed to enjoy the novelty of camp life in being able to shave outdoors

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee accommodation request WWII

Refugee accommodation request WWII
London notice outside town hall advertising for accommodation to house Belgian refugees during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees boarding bus WWII

Refugees boarding bus WWII
Refugees, including Jenny de Graaf, board the bus from the receiving centre to distributing centre in Fulham, London, during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees with gas mask boxes

Refugees with gas mask boxes
Child refugees with gas mask boxes during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Belgian refugees in London

Belgian refugees in London are fitted with gas masks at Fulham Borough Council during World War II

Background imageRefugee Collection: Flanders 1918

Flanders 1918
Old women refugees in a farm cart near Bethune with British soldiers in Flanders on the Western Front in France during World War I in April 1918

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees making Munitions Cases, Earls Court, London

Refugees making Munitions Cases, Earls Court, London
First World War refugees making munitions cases at the camp set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court, West London

Background imageRefugee Collection: Wartime Beds at Earls Court, West London

Wartime Beds at Earls Court, West London
A First World War refugee camp for Belgian refugees at Earls Court. Around one thousand beds in the Queens Palace were provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1914

Background imageRefugee Collection: Wartime Schoolroom for Refugee Children, Earls Court

Wartime Schoolroom for Refugee Children, Earls Court
A schoolroom for the children of refugees set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court, West London, during the First World War

Background imageRefugee Collection: Wartime Nursery for refugee children, Earls Court, London

Wartime Nursery for refugee children, Earls Court, London
A nursery for the children of refugees set up by the Metropolitan Asylums Board at Earls Court during the First World War

Background imageRefugee Collection: Sikhs flee from West to East Punjab

Sikhs flee from West to East Punjab
A Sikh man with his children in one of the caravans leaving the West Punjab region for the comparative safety of the East Punjab

Background imageRefugee Collection: Partition. Muslim women and children pouring across the fro

Partition. Muslim women and children pouring across the fro
Muslim women and children escaping the Sikh Jathas, pouring over the frontier border into Pakistan having heard about atrocities and violence following Partition in 1947

Background imageRefugee Collection: Mahatma Gandhi at Muslim refugee camp

Mahatma Gandhi at Muslim refugee camp
The hindu spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi receives a warm reception from Muslim refugees gathered at a camp close to Delhi, prior to convoy travel to Pakistan

Background imageRefugee Collection: Caravan of Sikh refugees - India 1947

Caravan of Sikh refugees - India 1947
A caravan of Sikh refugees crossing India to escape attack and repression from Muslim populations during the time of Partition

Background imageRefugee Collection: Muslim fanatic restrained at refugee camp

Muslim fanatic restrained at refugee camp
A Muslim fanatic is restrained by his co-religionists as Mahatma Gandhi arrives by car at a refugee camp close to Delhi

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugees leave East Punjab to head to India

Refugees leave East Punjab to head to India
A heavily-laden bullock cart transporting an extended Sikh refugee family fleeing the communal rioting and additional violence in the East Punjab region associated with the Partition of India

Background imageRefugee Collection: Guardians of the Sikh Refugee caravan

Guardians of the Sikh Refugee caravan
Armed Sikh men on horseback act as the self-appointed guardians fo the column of refugees travelling from East Punjab to Pakistan and safety following the partition of india

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee Sikhs march toward the East Punjab

Refugee Sikhs march toward the East Punjab
Part of a long column of refugee Sikhs marching across the East Punjab to escape the sectarian religious violence sparked by the partition of India

Background imageRefugee Collection: Sikh Family fleeing to East Punjab

Sikh Family fleeing to East Punjab
Uprooted from their home, a Sikh family flee to the safety of the East Punjab carrying only meagre possessions

Background imageRefugee Collection: Long caravan of refugee Sikhs heading to Pakistan

Long caravan of refugee Sikhs heading to Pakistan
A long column of refugee Sikh flee East Punjab to safety in Pakistan following the violent sectarian aftermath of the partition of India

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee Trains, India

Refugee Trains, India
Crowded trains of refugees arriving at Amritsar, border town on Pakistan and India, following the Partition in 1947

Background imageRefugee Collection: Refugee at Rhodes

Refugee at Rhodes
Pierre d Aubusson, Grand Master of the Knights of St John, entertains the son of the Turkish sultan who has sought refuge on the island

Background imageRefugee Collection: Scene on board the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882

Scene on board the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882
Engraving showing an informal scene as people wake up and get dressed; one woman is shown having her hair dressed and another is in her corset

Background imageRefugee Collection: The Deck of the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882

The Deck of the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882
Engraving of the passengers on board the ship North Britain fleeing from Egypt, 1882. This engraving shows children playing cards and a lady in eastern dress smoking a hookah

Background imageRefugee Collection: Serving food on the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882

Serving food on the Refugee Ship North Britain, 1882
Engraving showing the doling out of food, by Egyptian men in fezes, to a group of Egyptian and European refugees on board the North Britain, 1882

Background imageRefugee Collection: Jewish Refugee Children Arriving in Harwich, 1938

Jewish Refugee Children Arriving in Harwich, 1938
Photograph of some Jewish refugee children arriving from Germany, landing at Harwich, 2nd December 1938. These children were among the first group of 160 boys and 40 girls, aged five to seventeen

Background imageRefugee Collection: J T Desaguliers

J T Desaguliers
JOHN THEOPHILUS DESAGULIERS French Huguenot refugee in England, scientist, third grand master in Freemasons

Background imageRefugee Collection: Wwi / Belgian Refugee

Wwi / Belgian Refugee
A Belgian refugee is assisted by a German soldier

Background imageRefugee Collection: 17th Century Beggar

17th Century Beggar
A beggar in Germany at the time of the Thirty Years War



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