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| Predecessor | Netherlands Institute for War Documentation Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies |
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| Formation | 8 May 1945 |
| Purpose | 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.[1] |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam |
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Director | Prof. Dr. Martijn Eickhoff |
| Staff | 58 (49.61FTE) per 31 December 2014[2] |
| Website | www |
TheNIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Dutch:NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies) is anorganisation in theNetherlands which maintains archives and carries outhistorical studies into theSecond World War, the Holocaust and other genocides around the world, past and present. The institute was founded as a merger of theNetherlands Institute for War Documentation (Dutch:Nederlands instituut voor oorlogsdocumentatie, NIOD, formerlyNational Institute for War Documentation,Dutch:Rijksinstituut voor oorlogsdocumentatie, RIOD) and theCenter for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS).[3]
It has been part of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1 January 1999.[3]
According to its website, the NIOD Institute's mission is to:
Collect, manages, opens up and makes accessible archives and collections about the Second World War. Conduct academic research and publishes about it. Give information to government bodies and individual. Stimulate and organise debates and activities about war violence and processes that are at the basis of war violence.[1]
It administers the archives of theGerman occupation of the Netherlands and theJapanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, as well as large collections of clandestine newspapers and pamphlets, photographs, books and articles.[4]
The institute publishedThe Kingdom of the Netherlands During World War II (Dutch:Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog) in fourteen volumes and 18,000 pages. This magnum opus ofLoe de Jong is the standard reference on the history of the Netherlands duringWorld War II. The NIOD had recently made an electronic edition of the entire work, available for downloading from 11 December 2011, licensed undercreative commons CC BY 3.0.[5]
It also performed a study into theSrebrenica massacre of 1995, which led to the reportSrebrenica: a 'safe' area, which led to the resignation of thesecond cabinet of Wim Kok.[6]
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