Frequently Asked Questions

Use of archive and library

• How do I submit a question?
• Are NIOD's services free of charge?
• Who can contact NIOD for information?
• Can NIOD help me with my school project?
• Can I borrow books, newspapers, or journals from the library?
• Can NIOD send me photocopies or scans of documents?
• Are all collections freely accessible?
• Which materials have so far been digitised by NIOD?
• Does NIOD also have videos and films?
• What information does NIOD have about genocides other than the Holocaust?
• What rules apply in the reading room of the NIOD?

Searching for persons

• Does NIOD have material on forced labour under German rule?

• Does NIOD have information about the resistance in the Netherlands?

• Can the NIOD archives be searched by surname?

• Does NIOD have material on people who collaborated with the Nazis?

• Can NIOD help me find out the identity of my German, Canadian, British, or American father?

General information

• Does NIOD have information about the persecution of the Jews?

• Does NIOD have information about Nazi camps and prisons?

• Does the NIOD have material on Japanese camps and prisons?

• Does NIOD have material on military operations and individual soldiers?

• Does NIOD have material on a particular town/area/region?

World War Two in numbers

• German and Allied bombing raids on the Netherlands (in numbers)

• Deported Jews (in numbers)

• Other deportees: Roma and Sinti, convicted Dutch citizens, Jehovah’s Witnesses, homosexuals, forced labourers, prisoners of war (in numbers)

• The Japanese Occupation and Pacific War (in numbers)

• Indonesian War of Independence (in numbers)

• Jewish survivors (in numbers)

• The loss of Dutch lives (in numbers)

• Dutch National Socialist Party

• Killed during the liberation of the Netherlands (in numbers)

• People in hiding (in numbers)

• War damage (in numbers)

• Victims of the Hunger Winter (“Hongerwinter”)  (in numbers)

• Resistance (in numbers)

• Waffen-SS

Submit a content-related question to NIOD

Is your question not in the Frequently Asked Questions? Then it is possible to submit a written question. You can submit a written question through our contact form or by post:

NIOD
Antwoordnummer 45629
1040 VE Amsterdam

Please note that not all content-related questions can be answered in writing. You may be invited to conduct your own research in the reading room in order to find an answer to your question, or you may be referred to another institution.

Please note that there may be costs involved in answering a content-related question.

The cost of answering a question

If extensive research is necessary to answer your question, you can have this research carried out by a NIOD staff member. NIOD charges a research fee of €50 per hour for this service.

Prior to the research, you will receive a quotation with an estimate of the research time required. This quotation will remain valid for a fortnight. If the quotation is approved, NIOD aims to send the answer within four weeks. The invoice will be sent after completion of the research.

The research is carried out meticulously by our staff. However, no guarantee can be given that the answers sought are present in our collections.