86 87 Often, after years of waiting, they eventually realise their home is lost for good. People may flee alone or together with others; they may have to leave in great haste or be expelled systematically. In the process, families and communities may be torn apart. No matter when or where this occurred or is occurring, the displaced and expelled all share the need for a place of refuge, in search of which they are willing to risk their lives. Once they have reached safety, they often live for months or years in temporary accommodation or in refugee camps. From the early 20th century onwards, images of refugee convoys and makeshift camps have regularly appeared. When refugees and expellees leave their homeland they have no idea if or when they will be able to return. < CLOSE UP OF EXHIBITION DISPLAY Milk jug belonging to the Zimmermann family who were displaced from Pomerania (1945), toy aeroplane given to Anton Bender when his ethnic German family emigrated from Kazakhstan (1990), and a shoe left behind on a rescue vessel in the Mediterranean (2016)
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