Ruedo Ibérico
‘Una formidable arma de contrainformación….’ Publisher Ruedo Ibérico’s role in the struggle against Franco’s censorship
Highlights
Here you will find web presentations that are intended to highlight a special collection, a particular aspect of a collection, or a new acquisition.
Posters Nelson Mandela
The IISH administers an unique collection of posters about the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. As the most important leader of this struggle, Nelson Mandela frequently appeares on these campaignposters.
For more posters and information about the posters see the IISH Catalogue.
From the CASA Choir’s photo album
From the CASA Choir’s photo album, 1990 and 1999
The CASA (Culture in Another South Africa) Choir was founded in Amsterdam in 1987 to support the struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. The choir participated in the welcoming of Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his first and second state visit to the Netherlands in 1990 and 1999.
Reactions to the release of Nelson Mandela
Photos of the reactions in The Netherlands to the release of Nelson Mandela , 11 and 17 February 1990
Mandela’s first visit to the Netherlands
Photos of Nelson Mandela’s first visit to the Netherlands, June 1990
1. Winnie and Nelson Mandela on the balcony of the Amsterdam Municipal Theatre, Leidseplein, 16 June 1990. To the right the mayor of Amsterdam, Ed van Thijn
photo: Jan Vonk
call number: IISH BG B32/682
Dutch campaigns for the release of Nelson Mandela
Photos of the Dutch campaigns for the release of Nelson Mandela, 1976-1989.
1. Portrait of Nelson Mandela carried by marchers at a Soweto solidarity demonstration in Amsterdam, August 1976
photo: Hans van den Boogaard
call number: IISH BG B32/257
Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands
Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands on 11 and 12 March 1999.
1. Royal welcome to President Mandela and Graça Machel at the beginning of Mandela’s state visit to the Netherlands
photo: Jan Stegeman
call number: IISH BG B32/726
Anton Constandse
In September 2008 the IISH was happy to receive an important addition to its rich archive on the anarchist, Anton Constandse. Constandse's grandson, Paul van der Gaag, donated hundreds of his letters, postcards, and manuscripts from the 1930s and 1940s. A major portion consists of correspondence between Anton and his (second) wife Gerda, from October 7, 1940 to September 17, 1944.
Civil Servant in the Dutch East Indies
The IISH received the papers of Jan Petrus de Putter papers through the kind agency of his family.
Occupational Accident Victims
The disastrous fires in the Kader Factory (Thailand, 1992) and Zhili Toy Factory (China, 1993), that killed more than 250 workers led to a campaign to improve health and safety rights of workers and victims in Asia. As a result, in 1997 the Asian Network for the Rights of Occupational Accident Victims, ANROAV was constituted.
