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Lucian Perkins

Lucian Perkins is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who worked at The Washington Post for over 20 years.

In the foreground stand foundation remnants of a house where soldiers once searched for Jews. The family hid refugees in a secret compartment constructed between the interior walls.

This French Town Has Welcomed Refugees for 400 Years

For centuries, the people of the mountain village of Chambon-sur-Lignon have opened their arms to the world’s displaced