She also did a drawing of Belgian refugees fleeing the Germans at the start of the war.

In the First World War the town became host to some 65,000 Belgian refugees fleeing the conflict.

In 1913 the school closed and by the beginning of World War I housed Belgian refugees.

Belgian refugees became workers, though they were often seen as "job stealers".

During World War I, she assisted her husband in providing relief for Belgian refugees.

During the war, many Belgian refugees arrived in the town.

In 1914 one million Belgian refugees were already in the Netherlands, but throughout the war refugees kept coming and tried to cross the border.

Tielemans was sentenced to seven years' exile and went to live in Paris, where he formed a committee to help Belgian political refugees.

The village came to accommodate a number of Belgian refugees.

There, he worked for two years in a munitions factory, while singing for other Belgian refugees and for wounded soldiers.