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Contents

Introduction
1Refugees and migrants
2Refugees during the American Civil War (1862-1865)
3Refugees during the First World War (1914-1918)
4The Berlin Wall
Photographers
5Adrian J. Ebell: The Indian Massacres and the War of 1862
6Augustus Francis Sherman: Ellis Island portraits
7Nelly's: Greek refugees from Asia Minor
8Steve McCurry - The Power of a Single Image

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