Network of War Collections
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The Network of War Collections ({{langx|nl|Netwerk Oorlogsbronnen}}, NOB) is a partnership of over 250 archival institutions, museums, remembrance centers and libraries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the former Dutch colonial empire, and internationally to bring together scattered collections of resources pertaining to World War II. The network is financed by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport{{cite web|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/tweede-wereldoorlog/voorlichting-tweede-wereldoorlog|title=Voorlichting en onderwijs over de Tweede Wereldoorlog|date=10 March 2010 |publisher=Government of the Netherlands|language=nl|access-date=18 August 2022}} and receives a contribution from the National Fund for Peace, Freedom and Veteran Care.{{cite web|url=https://vfonds.nl/website-oorlogsbronnen/|title=Miljoenen bronnen uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog nu op een website|date=5 December 2021|publisher=vfonds|language=nl|access-date=18 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/over-oorlogsbronnen|title=Over Oorlogsbronnen|date=15 October 2021|publisher=Network of War Collections|language=nl|access-date=18 August 2022}}
The {{ca}} 12 million sources of information accumulated by the NOB include artifacts, original photographs, diaries, newspaper articles, films, letters, brochures, and posters, which are sorted into themes of resistance, captivity, collaboration, life under German and Japanese occupations, liberation, warfare, international events, The Holocaust and persecution, the lead-up to and aftermath of WWII, and the Indonesian War of Independence.
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Facilitated by the NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, the digital archive {{lang|nl|Oorlogsbronnen}} ({{langx|en|War Collections}}) of the Network of War Collections was launched on 10 November 2011.{{cite news|date=10 November 2011|title=NIOD lanceert zoeksite Oorlogsbronnen.nl|url=https://www.parool.nl/nieuws/niod-lanceert-zoeksite-oorlogsbronnen-nl~b591d434/|language=nl|work=Het Parool|access-date=18 August 2022}} The website uses search technology developed by the Utrecht-based Spinque{{cite web|url=https://spinque.com/clients/war-collections/|title=Making the network of WWII collections searchable|website=Spinque.com|access-date=18 August 2022}} and is designed by DOOR (IN10) from Rotterdam.{{cite web|url=https://www.in10.nl/en/work/netwerk-oorlogsbronngen-en|title=Bringing World War Two to life|website=IN10.nl|access-date=18 August 2022}}
Notable partners
A selection of organizations who have partnered with the Network of War Collections{{cite web|url=https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/organisaties|title=Organisaties|publisher=Network of War Collections|language=nl|access-date=18 August 2022}} are:
- Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein'
- Amsterdam City Archives
- Amsterdam Museum
- Anne Frank Foundation
- Arolsen Archives - International Center on Nazi Persecution
- Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history
- Camp Vught National Memorial
- Camp Westerbork Memorial Center
- CBG Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis
- Freedom Museum
- Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden
- IHLIA LGBT Heritage
- International Institute of Social History
- Joods Historisch Museum
- Leo Smit Foundation
- Maritime Museum Rotterdam
- Museum Maluku
- Museon
- Nationaal Archief
- National Committee for 4 and 5 May
- National Monument Kamp Amersfoort
- National Monument Oranjehotel
- Natura Artis Magistra
- Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
- Netherlands Music Institute
- Railway Museum
- Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
- Rijksmuseum
- Royal Library of the Netherlands
- Spaarnestad Photo
- Tresoar
- Utrecht Archives
- Verzetsmuseum
References
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External links
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- {{Official website|https://www.oorlogsbronnen.nl/}} (in Dutch)
- [https://www.niod.nl/en NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies]
Category:2011 establishments in the Netherlands
Category:Archives in the Netherlands
Category:Historiography of the Netherlands
Category:Historiography of World War II
Category:History organisations based in the Netherlands
Category:Holocaust historiography