10 Most Amazing And Inspiring Refugees In History

Hungarian photographer Robert Capa, born Endre Friedmann in 1913, was one of the most legendary war photographers in history. His dramatic photographers brought to life the drama and horror of many of the major wars of the 20th century: from the Spanish civil war to the fist Indochina War between the Vietnamese and French colonial forces.

 His stunning photographs crystallised these historic moments in the minds of the public who viewed them. His image of a Sicilian peasant directing a US soldier into combat against the German forces which were ravaging the area of Sperlinga remains one of the photographs which defines the gains of the Allied forces toward the end of the second world war. 

Perhaps the reason Capa was so skilled at capturing these moments of conflict was because he himself was directly affected by it. Capa's family were Hungarian Jews and after Capa relocated to Berlin in the 1930s to pursue his interest in photography.

 After the Nazi party began to oppress and restrict the rights of Jews he fled to Paris where he went on to set up Magnum Photos, the world's first co-operative agency for freelance photographers which included such photography legends as Henri Cartier-Bresson and George Rodger.