NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies
NIOD manages over 2,500 meters of archival materials. These archives refer to the Second World War in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies, including the pre-war years and the aftermath. Among other things, you will find the descriptions of the archives of: - The German occupation administration - Ministries in The Hague and London - Resistance groups - Jewish and National Socialist organisations - Prison camps in both Europe and Asia. The library also holds publications on the Second World War in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies, as well as books about the Second World War outside the Netherlands, and material about the run-up to and the aftermath of the Second World War. Also, there is a growing collection of books and magazines about extreme war violence and genocides in the 20th and 21st century. Furthermore, NIOD manages an imagebase containing more than 175,000 images about the Second World War. The images are part of the collections of several Dutch war and resistance museums, war memorial centres and NIOD. Included are a very wide range of images, drawings and posters; from the German invasion in May 1940 to the Canadian liberation of Amsterdam and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
Issues related to war violence generate a lot of interest from society and demand independent academic research. NIOD conducts and stimulates such research and its collections are open to all those who are interested. The Institute was founded on 8 May 1945 to write the history of the Second World War in the Netherlands and in the former Dutch East Indies through independent research. Since 1 January 1999 the Institute is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). On 9 December 2010 NIOD merged with the Centre for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) and it now operates under the name NIOD, Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies. NIOD’s area of work covers the 20th and 21st century, with a focus on research into the effects of wars, the Holocaust and other genocides on individuals and society. More information about the institution itself can be found [here](http://www.niod.knaw.nl/en/about-niod), more about the history of the NIOD can be found [here](http://www.niod.knaw.nl/en/history)
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