Conducts research and collects data on the global history of labour, workers, and labour relations

Rebels with a cause

More than 200 highlights from the collections of IISH, collected between 1935 and 2010.

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Women in the Paris Commune

A dozen portraits of Pétroleuses, a small selection of a collection photos from the Paris Commune by Appert.

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Albert Einstein at the IISH

A selection of letters and manifests by Albert Einstein from various IISH collections.

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Refugees in Holland 1914-1918

Newspapers and newsletters that were written and illustrated by refugees from Britain, Russia, Germany, and Belgium have been preserved in the collections of IISH and Press Museum.

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Reading Room closed

The IISH Reading Room will be closed on 20 May 2013 (Whit Monday).
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International Institute of Social History

The International Institute of Social History (IISH) conducts advanced research on the global history of work, workers, and labour relations and to this end gathers data, which are made available to other researchers as well.
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