NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
PredecessorNetherlands Institute for War Documentation
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Formation8 May 1945
PurposeNIOD’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]
HeadquartersAmsterdam
Location
Staff
58 (49.61 FTE) per 31 December 2014[2]
Websitewww.niod.nl/en

The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Dutch: NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies) is an organisation in the Netherlands which maintains archives and carries out historical studies into the Second World War, the Holocaust and other genocides around the world, past and present. The institute was founded as a merger of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation (Dutch: Nederlands instituut voor oorlogsdocumentatie, NIOD, formerly National Institute for War Documentation, Dutch: Rijksinstituut voor oorlogsdocumentatie, RIOD) and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS).[3]

It has been part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1 January 1999.[3]

  1. ^ About NIOD
  2. ^ Annual Report (Jaarverslag) for 2014
  3. ^ a b "bout NIOD". NIOD. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

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