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The NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies 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 and the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies .It has been part of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen since January 1, 1999.DutiesThe NIOD states its purpose as being: Collects, manages, opens up and makes accessible archives and collections about the Second World War. Conducts academic research and publishes about it. Gives information to government bodies and individuals. Stimulates and organises debates and activities about war violence and processes that are at the basis of war violence. Also, the NIOD administers the archives of the German occupation of the Netherlands and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, as well as large collections of clandestine newspapers and pamphlets, photographs, books and articles.Studies and publicationsThe institute published Het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden in de Tweede Wereldoorlog in fourteen volumes and 18,000 pages. The magnum opus of Loe de Jong is the standard reference on the history of the Netherlands during World War II. The NIOD had recently made an electronic edition of the entire work, available for downloading from 11 December 2011, licensed under creative commons CC BY 3.0.