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international institute of social history of them this afternoon, we will will we afternoon, this them of room. As we will also discuss two reading the in consultation for available while a for here been had that archives smaller dozen a made Langkau Götz colleague our office, his out clearing While Prussian War, 1870-1871 (1846-1916) intheFranco- 2 from among theselovely items. favourites personal their featured have editors the Below subject. same the on collection well as a very special private book of the new collections acquired, as in France are among the highlights tions previously brought together collec Iranien Institut The rate. modest more far a at albeit well, as growing again once are tions in 2007 as well. The and accessions (slightly over half) quisitions (slightly less than half) ac new 250 register to expect we and collection, its to items new D Waterfront the Gerd Arntz Collection ( of description our in errors some observed has ago) weeks few a samenleving betere de van maakbaarheid de en of (author Mertens Ferdinand newsletters. previous incorrect information provided in address they as noteworthy, larly the for errors? Tworeactionsparticu are apologizing after for, hope editors the can more What well. as spelling the scrutinize to I odical, several people appear appear people several odical, n addition to reading this peri Martin Emanuel Philippson iish the year previous the uring once again added many 13, 2006, pp. 7-8). Otto , published by Aksant Presentation oftheacquisitions From allnooksandcorners Otto Neurath Otto neha collec On the - - - - - beloved Fatherland against the the against Fatherland beloved joining the war on the side of the were many so that proud was He parents. his wrote he as über alles, über alles in der Welt,” Deutschland “Deutschland, in believed he all, After simple. was Judentums des tung the edited and Magdeburg in rabbi a been had Ludwig father (his parents his from permission armed without forces the in enlisted had He unteered for the attack on France. vol historian Jewish year-old 24 the 1870 of fall the In eyes. our tin’scaught 1870/71” Kriegsbriefe from around 1900 entitled “Mar the to Franco-Prussian however, War. A typescript time, in ther on Germany. focusing obviously heitssender,” station “29, 8; Der deutsche Frei worked with the communist radio the Netherlands in 1936, where he to fled camp concentration a in who after having been imprisoned Pechmann, Erich as such others, to justice do to fail undoubtedly became Neurath and Posthumus substantiated his assumption that cometo The Hague. Mertens has to Neurath’sinvitation accepted he Rather, Austria. occupied flee to need – German Arntz ordinary an – did Nor Reidemeister). Marie important equally the was than a subordinate of Neurath (as colleague a less was Arntz tion. execu escaped have not would he responsibility, political held he Had Wirtschaftsamt. the of charge in servant civil a was but Republic Council Bavarian the Neurath was not a minister under We would like to go back fur back go to like Wewould 7 0 0 2 · 5 1 t n o r f r e t a w e h t n o Allgemeine Zei Allgemeine ). His reason reason His ). ­ - - - - - Collection. tion, rather than from the Aridjis originates from the Sideris Collec ( Sideris Dimitra by Patrides for sketch page title the that has noted correctly who (HBM), en MigrantBeeldarchiefHistorisch marie Cottaar, responsible for the Association (I.R.I.). Relations Industrial the of pices aus the under organized 1931, in Koloniaal Instituut in Amsterdam the at held Congress Economic Social World the at acquainted the residents have largely gone, gone, largely have residents the Since sight! horrible a is Paris of area entire the But Germans. of onslaught the by clean picked population has pretty much been tolerable. Even there, however, the fortresses are near, the situation is no and behind, stayed have ants In inhabit provinces,the wherethe like. the and requisitioning supplies, compulsory and tions contribu war the here out leave suffering from the invasion. I will is country unfortunate this how “Incredible, Paris: of north lay, No 8 On parts. some in French the for pity as well as pride, ish Jew especially and medley German a of convey experiences about Henri IVandPhilippe III. thesis PhD his for there research archival done had he 1867/68 In well. very France knew already Martin Nevertheless, onymous. syn as regarded were identities in his family, Jewish and German As had already become a tradition French. deceitful unquestionably vember 1870 he wrote from Gros On the Waterfront Another reaction is from Anne His lively letters about his war war his about letters lively His 14, 2007, p. 14) ------­ Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis

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Much later, nearly fifty years after his death, a grandson – also named Henri – grandfather’s archive to the donated his socialist not to have had a biogra a had have to not socialist phy written about him yet. Nor did he try his hand at an auto for a few Except short biography. titles self-deprecating with articles such as de “Uit oude doos [From the old box] (1870-1872),” Van left Kol no memoirs of which we behind leave did he But aware. are a wonderful collection of papers. When the Institute was established, the Domela Nieuwenhuis Archive already contained 76 let with arrived More him. from ters nearly all new Dutch and several foreign socialists. After all, Henri van Kol was a member First ofInternational the from the age of 19 and was thus active in the socialist movement for 54 years truly of circle vast His altogether. very many included acquaintances Karl from individuals: prominent Frie from and Multatuli to Marx drich Engels to Kartini. He trav especially world, the over all elled Asia. throughout his mentors Droysen and Ranke. Ranke was especially interested and offered to help him in subsequenthis career as a historian. Although Martin, a “victorious author the and 27 age at warrior” of a book, had high hopes, being Jewish proved a serious obstacle. Nonetheless, he wrote briefly was and articles and books several even vice-chancellor of the Uni versité Libre de Bruxelles, where Depart Historical the founded he ment. The ideal of Martin, his father, his brother (the famous geologist Alfred Philippson), and family his of members other many the between synthesis a creating of civiliza German and Faith Jewish achieve. to easy from far was tion 2 (1852-1925) Kol van Henri van Kol (1852-1925)probably the best-known Dutch is was back in Berlin and went to see see to went and Berlin in back was That was not all: various other materials arrived family members as well. In 2003, from other for example, an addition came ------Not until the end of January Prussian censors). On 5 May he prevented from making any fresh fresh any making from prevented start? May God soon bring us all lasting peace!” 1871 did the canon Martin firereturned home even long cease. Com Paris the to due afterwards, mune uprising that had broken out on 18 March. In his letters he described the course of events that preceded it (he secretly vis ited Paris and described his ob servations in English to fool the emy from lodging himself there. A true picture of misery.the surroundings Andof Phalsbourg, Strasbourg,Verdun, Toul, Séles cer are Mézière Neuf-Brisach, tat, tainly in the same state, whereas things are far worse in Ad Metz. mittedly, this is an enemy coun try that is suffering, but these are civilization not Is all. after people when damaged, deeply general in the as gifted culturally as people a for wealth its of stripped is French and years thirty or twenty next the line of retreat to prevent the en - - on the waterfront 15 · 2007 impoverished for years to come. The walls of houses and gardens to some slits, firing by pierced are tally torn down according to our trenches, entrenchments for heavy heavy for entrenchments trenches, artillerylight and fields. the cross have People not sown their seeds for the winter or planted theirpotatoes. Most of the vineyards have been destroyed. Thousands of industrious people have been wanton behaviour and boredom. shattered, are mirrors Finger-thick watches are smashed, and so on, long a is end the And forth. so and way off.Broad paths, caked with mud, of for convoys artillery and horse-drawn vehicles, wide, deep heating and cooking, valuablecarpets are in shreds, rosewood and ebony cabinets are shattered to pillage their contents, dam ask sofas are destroyed by spurs. Other destruction results from the soldiers are unable to reach an understanding andwith have to seek theirthem comforts wherever they find them. They use garden doors and fences for - - - , . - n , - o t h r i e I - I i i ­ D F B i i s h i i i r e i e r m a n r a n c o - e b e n F G D L e r m a n G , w h o d i e d , a n d i e s b a d e n i l h e l m i l h e l m a r t i n a r . e l i o g r a a s a i s e r s r u s s i a n h e h i l i p p s o n ’s h i l i p p s o n m p i r e h a d h i l i p p s o n i b r a r y r i e d r i c h r i e d r i c h r i e d r i c h W K 8 4 - 1 8 ) . D P W H v u r e i n P ­P a n d ­F f o u g h t i n t h e a f t e r s u c c e e d i n g hf i a t s h e r . o f t h r o a t c a n c e r o n9 l 9 y d a y s a b o u t t h e u n f o r t u n aF t e i i i w r o t e a m o n o g r a p h E three empero r s : W F i i i W M P t h a t y e a r t h e a r d t e r m i n h i s t o r y. [ y e a r o f three t h e empero r s ] ( 1 8 8i 8 s ) , a s t a n d T k a i s e r j a h r ( 1 9 0 0 ) . ( L d r i c h s  }  { Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis

international institute of social history who in 1871 went to Paris with an later, years forty student engi neering young a Henri, of think one in of his poems. This makes one patriot this commemorated J.P. poet Heije Dutch celebrated 5 on head The 19. only HeAugustwas 1831. the in shot was he which Belgians,during insurgent the against campaign ten-day the Leiden University volunteered for together with other students from who brother,” “Great-grandma’s as rear the on inscription the in described (1812-1831), Beeckman Wilhelminus Justinus Lodewijk contents of the box. ratherrandomselectionfromthe a is following The revisited. Kol van Henri is here So choice. no and especially the contents, left us and bearing the date 20 April 1901, box inscribed with Van Kol’s name beautifully carved Javanese wooden years mightseemexaggerated. Still, the three in time second the for individual same the featuring time, each select we which from his equallyinteresting wife. even a double portrait of him and perhaps figure, colourful this of is now available for a serious study received another. Enough material and now, four years later, we have Waterfront the (see granddaughter his from Bandjar,” referring to his second second his to Bandjar,”referring trowel inscribed “Ferdi 24-08-1891 silver small a chest: treasure in this item intriguing most the to socialist todoso. only the not was he And life. his in points different at domancy spiritualism, theosophy, and rhab freemasonry, in interest sincere a 1880s. A spiritual eclectic, he took the into well socialism with cism Catholi reconcile to tried Henri and Catholics, Brabant devout were Kols Van The great grandfather. and grandfather, father, his for cards obituary Catholic more abouthim. much hear to us enabling field, battle the on late too arrive to fortunate was Henri Beeckman, Lodewijk Unlike Communards. the assist to soldier foot armed First is a coloured silhouette of topics of range vast the Given Freemasonry probably relates relates probably Freemasonry traditional several come Next 9, 2004, pp. 5-7), 5-7), pp. 2004, 9, On On - - - - 1887 the couple’s second son was was son couple’s second the 1887 August 24 on and 1886, in lowed stillborn. Their daughter Lily fol year they had a son, unfortunately next The Porreij. Nellie Kol married van years Henri 1883 In four before. exactly born son, (“wallet crocheted by me for Pa, for me by crocheted (“wallet Nellie by crocheted wallet small a are other each against wedged Cosily life. Henri’s of loves two the commemorate chest treasure the trowel symbolize? dinand Cesar Jean. And what did a new son had arrived, Rienzi Fer then? Afterall,sixmonthsbefore precisely commemorated emnly sol earlier years four birth this myriad questions remain: why But was Works. Civil and Public of Ministry the for 1891 Engineer an in as stationed was Kol van Henri where denotes Indonesia) residence, Tegal department, (Brebes Bandjar later. months six died lad little lovely The ized. real never were Nieuwenhuis, Karl Marx and Ferdinand Domela referredcourse of to which tions, expecta high amazingly These Become like Karl andFerdinand. your for love? me reward you would would you compensatemycares, at mother’s hand, Lovely littleladwhohangssogaily similartoboth very may once lad prove little lovely Our Named “Ferdinand” afterthedoer Named “Karl” afterthethinker reveals:birthday first his on published mother his poem the as programme, a party like read names whose born, ical memoirs. An early awareness early An memoirs. ical ists were asked to write their polit summer of 1935 prominent social the by that writes Hunink Maria Institute, the of history her In 2 of Aywaillesince1919. town Belgian the in lived Henri whom with Tomi, Otawa nalist Japanesejour the of reminiscent cards Japanese some and riage”) mar our of days early the during The last two items in this this in items two last The

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------iish on the waterfront 15 · 2007 Fortunately, she is not entirely entirely not is she Fortunately, the German Communist Party KPD in 1919. Having fledFrance to in 1933, thehe 1938 proposal that approvedenvisaged but by Nikolaevski and Sapir in States. the United right: the items that Götz Lang (see Institute the to entrusted kau also above) include the memoirs co-founded who Frölich, Paul of cording to Hunink, only Petr A. only to cording Petr Hunink, the from absence whose – Garvij have later may it that suggests list been expanded – actually wrote down his memoirs. To her in these memoirs were tense regret, the in fact published not by Ignacio Silone), the Belgian Vic Belgian the Silone), Ignacio Minc (Pawel Poles two Serge, tor and Fanny Jezierska), the Yugo Russian the and Ciliga, Ante slav “this wrote, she “Alas,” Sedov. Leo project, too, was doomed.” Ac sheets. Souvarine and Nikolaevski Nikolaevski and Souvarine sheets. compiled a list of three French Ferrat, André Pascal, (Pierre men and Alfred Rosmer), three Ger mans (Paul Frölich, Heinrich Brandler, and Jacob Walcher), two Italians (Angelo Tasca and of the importance of oral his tory! The Institute even offered to pay: fifty guilders for each 16- page sheet for a maximum of six - - , , r o - B l l u s e v o I R i i s h i i s h 5 / 1 2 5 ; a m e s A J a u l a u l o h n

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Environmental issues became Mansholt, who had served as a as served had who Mansholt, Augusta wrote letter after letter. letter. after letter wrote Augusta In 1929 they settled in Moscow, Moscow, in settled they 1929 In objective was the political unifi cation of European integration. He was called “Mister Europe,” and his agricultural European of policy driver the as was regarded integration. important for Mansholt in the years, until her death in 1997, she 1997, in death her until years, waited for Wim, the love of her life. 2 A few years ago Mansholt wasdescribed by a leadingsocial Dutchdemocrat as “a legendary con Some of pioneer the PvdA.” appear to temporaries have had a Sicco when 1958, In view. different Mansholt left the Ministry in TheHaguefor the Agriculture of European Commission in Brus sels, Prime Minister Drees and fellow social democrat said: “We him.” lost have to fortunate are 1945, since continuously minister appeared on the threshold of his He more than made good career. on his reputation as a tenacious, reformist, and socially dedicated politician: against all odds,achieved he a common European agricultural policy. His ultimate where they came to be knownas Bim and Juscha. Their home became a centre for Dutch expa triates: communists and bureaucrats, and anar engineers chists, fortune hunters and adventur ers. In 1936, after however, a few fascinatinghappy, years, disaster struck of for Wim. In November away taken was Wit De year, that by the on suspicion of having contacts with Trotskyist organizationsand engaging in espionage. He refused to confess but was ulti mately deported to Kolyma in Siberia, where he was executed 1938. on 8 March when Even one of her letters was returned stamped adresat umer (addressee deceased), she contin ued to hope he would return. In late 1937 Augusta moved back to the Netherlands. For sixty long better in Russia. ------. recently iish and leftist radicals Five years later the De Wits cause problems for him, and he hoped his working conditionswould improve. In addition, the financial outlook appeared far and Agnes Arntz, Frans Seiwert, Laszlo Moholyand Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer moved from Aachen to Berlin, where they immediately felt at home and made friendsErich andwith Zenzl Mühsam and others. Although Wim did not condone everything offer an accepted about he Union, theSoviet to His work there as an engineer. German superiors had started to ence – of their friends and kindred kindred and friends their of – ence Wim I War World During spirits. attended the engineering poly technic in Delft. He was thrown in prison for refusing to serve in stud his finished and military the ies only after he was released. As a former conscientious objector, and work finding difficulty had he Augusta wife his with moved soon Schröder (but called Guus), ten to Aachen years where his senior, as wife his and He job. a found he Gerd as artistswith such sociated the archive that the received via the grandson of Au small This Wit-Schröder. de gusta but fascinating archive features tangible memories of these spe photo through – and people cial correspond extensive and graphs

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Thevariegated small collection 2 In June 2007 Hans Olink pub lished his book Tragedie Wim and Augusta de Wit. Ol ink has based his work largely on ments, regardless of their political political their of regardless ments, background, from the Red Cross to the Protestant Westdeutsche Jungmännerbund (with a pen chant for the “Heil!” salute) or the Reichsmilchausschuss. of related organizationsma The abroad. inand Netherlands the late the from Germany from terial especially is 1930s early and 1920s remarkable. Present-day observ ers will be struck by the similar metaphors of the move different years (it covers the period 1926- 1974 and can be found in both the archive and in the Image and Sound Department) comprises propa other and posters, leaflets, ganda and information materials efforts to abolish prostitution,white slavery, and trade in chil dren, and running juvenile insti tutions and sanatoriums. of papers from this institutionthe reached has that active active social commitment. In ad dition to spreading the gospel at in programme the workplace, the cluded a temperance movement, G ” & C

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a . The Brit The . was the first of Delightful Murder: Murder: Delightful Politics and scholarship, how la révolution !” In the May upris May the In !” révolution la ing of young people and workers Mandel figured both as a theo rist and political analyst and as a direct participant (as previously in Berlin with the student leader in agitator an as Dutschke), Rudi the debate, and in the fighting during “la nuit des barricades.” ever, were not his only passion. reader avid an was Mandel Ernest pub he 1984 In well. as thrillers of lished Novels Crime of History prepared Press Pluto publisher ish a series about Marxists and their hobbies. Mandel refused to write he although stamps, postage about was a keen philatelist and owned in life “Jewish – collection vast a surance” – that had belonged to his father. He did write about a different passion: crime stories. Delightful Murder its kind. “Ah “Ah ! Comme c’est beau ! C’est

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I B a n s h o l t governments governments f o n d l y M I . (1968) and L . S e r n e s t a n d e l , heard him exclaim: , e r m a n y a s a n M G rotskyist profes ) i i s h T w i l l b e h a p p y t o I r n e s t anuary 1973, in which E J Mandel, an internationally As a Marxist, scholar, activist, etter from 2 8 t o governmentt o to e n tallow e r infringement you nary onfreedoms the ordi in remembera demo universitythe debate studentswith in L the well-knownpolitician socialistas (hechairman hadweeks resigned of previously)thet o t h e writes s o r : “ sign the petition. the refusal of the cratic country. a r c h i v e s e l s .” ( the streets of Paris. A reporter for A reporter of Paris. the streets The Observer Traité d’économie marxiste Traité translated in English as economic Theory Capitalism] [Late Spätkapitalismus (1972). journalist, party and leader, mili tant pedagogue, Ernest Mandel During revolution. the in believed the May days of 1968, he looked on, “bleary-eyed from teargas,” from atop a barricade to see the scenes of fire and destruction in declared a persona non grata in the United States, Switzerland, and Australia. In the summer of the of fall the before shortly 1989, Berlin Wall, he was also turned back as such at the crossing from to East Berlin. West also – scholar and author acclaimed among liberal economists by feared apparently and their secret services in East alike. and His West most impor tant theoretical works included political adversaries such as Sicco Mansholt, rallied to his support. Only in 1978, six and a half years later, was the ban lifted. He was prohibited from other countries as well: France denied him entry from 1968 until 1981, and he was - on the waterfront 15 · 2007 “Professor Mandel, in addition to singing the scholarly praises of the doctrine of permanent revo lution, endeavours to promote it in practice.” Many, including University of Brussels. During this period Mandel lectured in Berlin as well. Soon, however,German MinisterAffairs Hans-Dietrich Genscher, of Home a liberal, barred Mandel enteringfrom Germany, arguing that national. A Trotskyist, Mandel and, 1972 in degree PhD his took following a lot of complicatedprocedures, became a professor of social economics at the Free - A i s r e s s , t o r y H e c o n d P S S , r n e s t E o n d o n : u r d e r . a n d e l ’s e l i g h t f u l r i m e l u t o i t l e p a g e i b r a r y ) o c i a l i i s h L L p r i n t i n g ) ( t o r y o f tC h e M ( P 1 9 8 4 ; T o f M D S { Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis } 11 international institute of social history city council elections offered the the offered elections council city the campaigns, parliamentary as up Set councils. city on active be to intended party’smembers the lished in 1894, it became clear that the after Soon Lecture by Gilles Borrie de Miranda, andP.L. Tak. that Borrie had gathered in the course of his research on Wibaut, Rodrigues collection now donated to the mans, as well as of course Gilles Borrie. Most specimens came from Borrie’s the Netherlands (1907-2007), organized by Frank de Jong and Mieke IJzer Politicsin Social-democraticCity of Century a about exhibition the view to and refreshments in partake to invited were others and below. Friends were delivered, followed by a discussion. Summaries of these lectures appear the to donated has he which subject, this on collection fine democrats.His social Dutch local among pioneers local biographies of scholarly in – course of – sor was Frits de Jong Edz., a former director of the social democrat has become known as a competent scholar. His thesis advi as served mayor of several communities, including Eindhoven, this leading Gilles Borrie is one of the original Friends of the formulated, a principle and pro and principle a formulated, was program municipal first the example, for 1899, In politics. municipal socialist of backbone the formed years for that vised de soon was system a Wibaut Amsterdam citycouncil. progressive radical-liberals on the of actions the on counted people services, while in the Netherlands important in organizing be collective could authorities municipal England propagated the idea that (1859-1936). The Fabian Society in and Florentinus Marinus Wibaut Tak(1848-1907) Lodewijk Pieter politics: municipal democratic social- of rise and establishment councils torealize itsideals. city on influence its maximize to chance a and opportunity ity public wonderful a party new “Local SocialDemocracy” Under the aegis of Tak and and Tak of aegis the Under Two individuals drove the the drove individuals Two iish Presentations about A , has motivated the theme for this Friends’ Day. Two lectures Day. TwoFriends’lectures this for theme the motivated has ,

C f o y r u t n e C sdap y t i was estab was P ) 7 0 0 2 - 7 0 9 1 ( s c i t i l o iish S . Much of the material consisted of items - - - - c i t a r c o m e d - l a i c o had 325 subscribers. Thanks to to Thanks subscribers. 325 had periodical the and their number increased to 100 in 1907, elected, were 11 council, sdap that time first the While politics. help crystallize socialist municipal activities did much to inform and nicipality] the 1907 monthly in and members, cil coun advise to desk information an with formed, was members] council city social-democratic of [Association meenteraadsleden Ge Sociaal-democratische van Vereeniging the policy. later Twoyears municipal grammatic ingly interested in municipal poli increas became parties political deavours. Over the years the other the of success the that became a major factor behind politics municipal in force a into developed thus members council city Social-democratic time. first the for bodies these in ensconced firmly became politics party and councils, city different the out through line single a propagate ized actions, the programmed and carefully organ 7 0 0 2 · 5 1 t n o r f r e t a w e h t n o members stood for the city city the for stood members iish De Gemeente [The mu [The Gemeente De was launched. These These launched. was iish . In addition to having , and he specialized sdap sdap De Gemeente De managed to in its en its in ------

tories inmunicipalpolitics. The others. and Reinalda, Albarda, Boekman, Drees, Miranda, De and 30s: such individuals included of the party, as well as in the 1920s This was the case in the early years in parliament they as served well. course of although politics, ipal remarkablyprominent munic in respected Highly party. opposition an as status its to part in attributable course of was this although itics, the party’s actions in national pol than esteem greater far com manded often politics municipal tural activities. regulating socioeconomic and cul for responsible as regarded being progressively municipalities with prominent, more became efforts municipal entities grew, and social in interest political interbellum, the during Especially well. as tics from left and right alike] This idea parties major [comprising tion” coali “purple the i.e. politics”, national to flight party’s “the by in city politics, they were followed were a heyday for social democracy the 1980s and 90s. on While the 1980sfocusing and decades recent reviewingbyconclude rather but leaders. for example, is reminiscent of these Miranda.Schaefer inAmsterdam, yearsearlyunderWibaut De and the in had it party, as the within again received special once considerationHousing planning. spatial sible for new types of housing and themunicipalities, he was respon nationally and in conjunction with ter of restoration and housing, both the programme. In 1946, as minis in influential especially Veld was ‘tIn spirit. community pursuing thoroughmindsetbyachangein citiesand villages and introducing objectives: rebuilding the devastatedcommitment] big party], entitled [social-democratic Arbeid de van municipal programme of the Partijfirst The administration. public ratingthepre-waron successes in in municipalities continued, elabo II, social-democratic achievements Inthe aftermath of World War interbellum the During I will not dwell on this period this on dwell not will I sdap achieved its greatest vic sdap De Grote Inzet [The politicians were were politicians highlighted two highlighted sdap ------

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international institute of social history 12 } { ------tural dimen Building, living, of the architectBer H.P. most the of one was Wibaut – The first socialist city offi I will now give the floor to Ed ble sion: Art should and con People later Uyl Den what through verge described as the small stepsdemocratic politics.of They were a sinful preliminary version of “the race of reformists,”– andalthough this is indeed remarka lage), amid pleasant surroundings surroundings pleasant amid lage), All design. urban and responsible this figured in Amsterdam’s 1935 General City Expansion driving the was engineering Plan.Social force and main contributionthread red a And of democracy. social in the history of the movement, to and De Miranda Wibaut from Schaefer. and Uyl Den cials had very little latitude and encountered mistrust and resist ance everywhere, even theiramong own supporters (“I would love to unseat them,” Troelstra once said about the aldermen). They regarded municipal circles social-demo for frontier new a as cratic politics, without harbour ing any illusions that they might They locally. struggle class the win as lev facilities municipal viewed cul and spiritual, (material, erage tural) for the great masses of the E. Boekman Later, class. working focused on this cul van Thijn. I am delighted that he has agreed to social-democraticspeak about city politicsthis afternoon. He is man of the municipality, with several years gov national the in experience of ernment, and knows a great deal about politics in general and the in particular. PvdA be could class served the working indi Tak levels. municipal at best cated that the city council was to be used not only as a propa ganda forum but also as a place and reforms specific achieving for so And workers. for improvements it came to pass. affordable, and good(think quality cough syrupbrand!

------sdap municipal politics mentioned a PvdA anyway: politicians i o n e e r s pioneers were vision P ps and downs in social-democratic wbs iish U alderman in Amsterdam sdap to enrich their knowledge ? It need not take 100 days… 100 take not need It ? Public housing was an charted field. Here, the need n of the member of the Dutch House of Representatives who mistakenly thought Troelstra thatwas a P.J. vng premises the on are we since And of the would benefit from a visit to the iish of the history of social democ racy. Recently, René Couperus was greatest, and the interests of ing majority ultimately adopted a resolution stating that if a fifth alderman were to be entrusted with public housing, “the inter est of social-democratic city poli tics (required) accepting such an appointment.” Amsterdam was not the first city where an member became an alderman: in 1912 Duys had already accepted Zaandam. this office in The aries. Theirs was not by nature a governing party, and members eschewed the power of capitalist society – in 1914 Troelstra was reprimanded by the Zwolle con on serve to invited being for gress a “bourgeois” cabinet. The same hesitation existed towardpolitics. The electioncity of the first sdap was preceded by a meeting at the overwhelm an building: Plancius u Wibaut, DeTak, Miranda, Den of citizens Leading Schaefer. Uyl, Amsterdam abound in the his tory of local social democracy. They believed that they couldshape society and endeavoured to improve the lives of ordinary people. Their initial successes in Amsterdam have informed my experiences in this field own Lecture by Ed van Thijn (former parliamentary leader of the PvdA, former mayor of Amsterdam, and former minister of home affairs)

------vng wbs ) research on the waterfront 15 · 2007 wbs De Gemeente (the successor and Wibaut and and Wibaut and De Gemeente De Lokaal Bestuur Should ministers and state sec state and ministers Should A gathering such as this one, Some of this gloom has lifted in in lifted has gloom this of Some retaries talk at greater length with with length greater at talk retaries the throughout officials municipal the with only than rather country, cal to the periodical which was introduced a century ago) are concerned, municipali ties will receive ample considera tion during the years ahead, also in national politics. ical ical to occasion appropriate an is Tak, speak out in support of the great significance of social-democratic city politics. As far as thecentre for local government and periodi the of board editorial the the council of ministers, one as a sec state as other the and minister augur and Affairs, Home of retary voice. progressive powerful a period the around revolves which afternoon attended that gathering gathering that attended afternoon behind stood have will and well as words. these recent years. In the PvdA current parliamentary party, two former on serve city a of major aldermen government in The Hague was its its was Hague The in government were officials local – concern main treated as inferiors; these words were spoken at the Wibaut lec ture, delivered three years ago at in government local for centre the this here those of Several Utrecht. secretaries? This even though the course of history has made clear democ social of strength the that to according falls and rises … racy its position in city councils?” In summary, the PvdA invested too national the – politics local in little Wibaut lecture in 2004. Van den Wibaut lecture in 2004. Van Berg continued: “did you ever notice how few of the stated … aldermen and delegates made it let Hague, The in parliament into alone became ministers or state Joop van den Berg, who served in the Dutch and was the the of board the of chairman (association of Dutch communi Wiardi the of director the and ties) Beckmanstichting ( foundation, stated in his ninth was driven by the diehard illusion illusion diehard the by driven was be prac could politics” “true that tised only at the national level,” as the prominent party member { Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis } 13 international institute of social history * ment. They are listed below: movecharacteristicour soareof that downs pre-war the overlook nate unemployment. But I will not others from De Miranda) to elimi(among efforts and supply food including era, that from and downs ups the discussing lecture militant Dutch Marxists ever. * * * * *

the potato uprising of 1917 as as 1917 of uprising potato the ted suicide by then – no com no – then by suicide ted commit had (Boekman Nazis members were dismissed by the council city Jewish when lence si the for true holds same The history; party Pro our in moment dark A Domo. self-defence his to publish him allow not did which party, own Miranda’s De of that ultimately and mayor the of indolence the 1939, in issue lease ground the as known was ly against De Miranda in the dai campaign anti-Semitic The occasions; subsequent several on again be would and intervention police massive this during place hard a and rock a between caught many wounded). The the police (leaving six dead and harsh reprisals by the army and and 1934) (July districts class working- all to spread which neighbourhood, Jordaan the in uprising the with Problems gance”); arro the of “tired had (people the without council a to led which elections, local dam Amster 1927 the in defeat The tionist or shall not be at all”; tion. “Democracy shall be selec withouthassleanyconsultaor ple of representative democracy, ously defended the basic princi Democratie to Bonger’s book rise gave This resign. to forced were and it opposed members support it, although three party to was line party The 1932. in dated by the Dutch government man servants, civil of salaries the to reductions about party the within views conflicting 113 wounded); and dead (ten situation food dismal the of consequence a I could spend the rest of my my of rest the spend could I De Telegraaf , in which he vigor he which in , , following what what following , Problemen der sdap sdap was ------

a housing association director, an teen settled citizens, who included sevenof PvdAfaction top-heavy a council city Amsterdam the in encountered I 1962 In party. ing govern true a became and ment War II: the PvdA was the govern World after issue an be to ceased government the in participate struction of satellite towns. con in ushered and society ized – was a typical response to motor clustered– tionde-concentration Suburbaniza city. a within state a Department, Works Public ful power the of generation the was This needs. current served that buildings public and homes for entire city districts to provide space redevelopmentThe levelled plans even old neighbourhoods as such. Everythingmakeway,toelsehad build. housing build, build, and shortage the Eliminate ment. Goodhousing theisfirst require spirit. community to again once related be to needs This lization. atomizes,givingmassciviriseto society intriguing: is analysis The especially for urban development. morgen en vandaag Amsterdam Stad. en published soon cohorts his tary party chairman Den Uyl and Parliamen development. urban Amsterdambecame theMecca of spearhead. first the remained ing hous although agenda, the on education put officials They emerged. colourful less some but what firm of generation new a II War World Following became an alderman. He gath He alderman. an became chairman. the party as Amsterdam of University the of chancellor the least, not but daily the of Vrije Volk daily the of editor executive an designer, graphic well-known director of Nature Monuments, a Humanitas, a labour inspector, of the director the practitioner, eral gen a accountant, chartered a notary, a manager, district NVV colleagues). their from whatsoever passion Whether the PvdA should should PvdA the Whether That very day Den Uyl Uyl Den day very That 7 0 0 2 · 5 1 t n o r f r e t a w e h t n o A , unveiling ambitious plans, r a w e h t r e t f , a former editor-in-chief Het Parool Het , and, last last and, , Mens Het ------• eral darker events: establishment and ushered in sev the of respectability – dull – the restored departure His cabinet. Hague to join the Cals-Vondeling The to went he Then half. a and dynamics. That lasted only a year unprecedented introduced and Joop”, of sand “the poured nies, compa petrochemical attracted traffic, for way make to intended socialist, groundbreaking a ally liter was He policy. lomaniacal mega almost an on embarked fromVan port the and and Hall) Affairs, Works,Public Economic Public(including folios Property, port relevant all nearly up ered held. Small wasbeautiful. continue? The first teach-ins were and major infrastructural projects towns,satellite de-concentration, clustered the Should days. those in dispute of subject major a was small-scale versus Large-scale within the party itself. Links Nieuw and Provo, partij, Boeren the D’66, movements: both the left and the right by new with society and was overtaken on handed party that was out of touch The PvdA was regarded as a high- • • A the tumultuous year 1966, 1966, year tumultuous the ing the fire near the building of includ uprising, workers’ tion construc grim the all, it top to and, Beatrix, of Wedding riots connected with The Royal the demonstrations, Vietnam and happenings against excessive force used police when The new generation had other other had generation new The elected by thecitycouncil. principal in be to mayor first the was Samkalden successor the fall of Mayor Van Hall – his elections inbetween; deling cabinet, without interim the opposition to the Cals/Von from level, national a on tion, transi the from part in sulting re elections, local the during Provincialthen the and during first defeat, unprecedented an in meetings; were they because unavailable were commissioner police and Telegraaf De d n u o r a n r u t w e n s 0 6 9 1 e h t n i , when the mayor mayor the when , ­ ------Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis

international institute of social history 14 } { ------back in town observations w o c o n c l u d i n g e w g e n e r a t i o n s : o c i a l d e m o c r a c y T N S Unfortunately, globalization is a is globalization Unfortunately, I believe that the neighbour Every generation has its own cycle cycle own its has generation Every and undergoes spiritual changes time, often in fits and starts. over are who officials consequence, a As major factor. In my view, howev my In view, major factor. city the within decentralization er, has gone too far, and the central directive a of more be should city between disputes many Too force. cen the and councils sub-district their arise tral regarding city now of competence. areas respective International them. against strike (the sector financial the in violence wave of mergers and takeovers) may prevent the Zuidas officedevelopment from materializing. A wealth ofsocialism alderman’s will be needed to perpetuate the belief of our illustrious forebears and society shape could they that defend their legacy consisting of as well As districts. successful their politics, local that awareness new a especially for social democrats, is a precious commodity, both as a breeding ground for outstanding municipal officials such asDrees and Den Uyl and as a source of inspiration for our ideology. Asscher and Aboutaleb (already gone as this goes to press) have victors As guard. old the replaced in the 2006 elections (in all dis tricts), they a are to response tur the about debates and times bulent multi-cultural society. Morocco- born Aboutaleb in particular did cow the following well extremely ardly murder of Theovan Gogh, prevailed miraculously calm when neighbourhoods. in Amsterdam’s At the tenth Wibaut lecture he expressed confidence in socialdemocracy and social stability as a symbiotic unit. hood focus in Amsterdam, in cluding the city district councils, as well as the de-concentratedpolice with its district teams and neighbourhood managers, was a ------A v d P is obliterated newspaper! The consequence consequence The newspaper! But nothing is ever perfect. ate 1980s: the L aldermen also comprised builders, builders, comprised also aldermen doers, and eventually a new style of regents. The term aldermen’s socialism came into use. While it designation honorary an been had in Wibaut’s day, it now denoted aversion. Etty was referred to as Brezhnev on the Amstel in the NRC was an unprecedented electoral defeat, followed by a wave of so modesty. cial-democratic finances, first from Amsterdam, then from the national govern ment in The Hague, and then the city. once again from On the one hand, construction was focused on neighbourhoods, the compact city, more extensive distribution of decentralization,authority, and power to the newly organized city districts (with decentralization within the city as the new doctrine), but on the other hand the new of school transcended this with his zealous urban renewal efforts as a long standing and popular state secre tary for urban renewal. A major turning point: the city was once again imbued with social democ restructured the racy. Affairs man par excellence. par man Affairs of aldermen, with Duco Stadig as Stadig Duco with of aldermen, a was there But successor. worthy a the well: as generation this to catch a as planning spatial of importance con old The instrument. steering Eco versus Planning Spatial of flict nomic Affairs was back: socialist afighting aldermen turf over war Economic And interests. portfolio would This wasthevictor. Affairs under happened have not probably under it would although Wibaut, as Den Uyl, he was an Economic Even amid the enthusiasmmodesty, persisted, especiallythe the Genet, Louis in construction. new alderman for construction, local the as authority little wielded PvdA captain. Nevertheless, his urban development legacy is for is East New Amsterdam midable: of spirit the reflects and impressive is He the predecessors. illustrious in series the underestimated most ------­ a n J on the waterfront 15 · 2007 chaefer (1978) ntroducing S I lent squatters’ movement, with movement, lent squatters’ sympa supporters PvdA which for far too long. thized materialized as well. It disinte grated during the Nieuwmarkt riots against the construction of the metro, when Samkal den, Lammers (both PvdA), (CPN)and Verhey stood their ground; was deeply divided; The PvdA vio increasingly the of rise The ration to mar his “The narrow gins of democratic politics” in which he set the limits to ex tra-parliamentary action in a democratic rule of law; pro leftist a period this During gramme college of aldermen denhuis, in which I mediated. Fellow party members ubiquitous,were both among those maintaining and among those occupying the premises. Den this Uyl was For an inspi Then came the change of gen the occupation of the Maag • • • was focused on neighbourhoods and on decentralization insideJan Schaefer the city limits. Then (as a reincarnation of Wibaut?) ment was the compactphilosophy. urban The city had been restored to its former glory, and the division between workingand living had been eliminated. had neighbourhoods and Districts Construction paramount. become When entered office entered Schaefer Jan When Vlis der Etty/Van the alderman, as generation had already proved its merits. Their major achieve from this perioddemo social right-wing a DS’70, unscathed: cratic split-off party, was estab lished, in part because the com munists had joined the college of aldermen: • sub-district councils), trams in metro. stead of a erations in 1970. Clashes erupted and old between not immediately: new but in within Even the new. Amsterdam, nothing emerged ideas: renovation ratherpreserva monument demolition, than tion, retention the human scale, input, power for the districts (32 { Internationaal instituut voor sociale geschiedenis } 15 international institute of social history 7,000 euros. At the end of the the of end the At euros. 7,000 worth Amsterdam in Stichting Nijhuis Marten Zuster the from donation special interesting an relativelywehavestable, received the remained has Friends of number Although 2008. in dation foun a such launch to hope we planned, as goes all If donations. making in interested Friends for this would offer major law, tax benefits Dutch Under foundation. purpose”) general a “serving ing mean Instelling, Beogende Nut to launch Friends a separate the of well desire as the as addressed, was 15) (p. financial report in that same issue tion of A organized crime. Neighbourhood later and crime, petty turbances, dis public repute), ill of place a become had Zeedijk (the drugs 1980s, when other problems arose: ing the PvdA. This changed in the unpopular among leftists, includ was force Coronation. police the then, Until the during ing includ riots, squatters’ violent with confronted was generation Schaefer/Polak The riots. markt Nieuw the of because trouble into ran Samkalden/Lammers of building the near tion workers’ uprising and the fire construc the in culminated but Provo happenings the with ously innocu so started which 1960s, the in unrestmassive the by men alder Vanuprising, his and Hall caught by surprise by the Jordaan unrest and upheaval. Wibaut was Amsterdam, these jolts often cause like city Ina again. regents being to revert nature by revolutionary Report oftheGeneral Friends’ Meeting, floig h presenta the following – meeting general brief the t On the Waterfront anbi De Telegraaf (Algemeen 14 – the ------, 21 June 2007 Republic project. On 30 March March 30 On project. Republic Women’s the DutchWork the in from resulted has book first the Friends, the by supported jects and numberofFriends. finances the reassess will we year the gendered division of work by work of division gendered the and market labour pre-industrial the in participation women’s in changes explains Aksant) lisher pub our by (issued book This 1581-1810 industry, textile Dutch the in labour wage and Women [ 1581-1810 textielnijverheid erlandse VrouwenNedde in loonarbeid en PhD her thesis defended Meerkerk Nederveen van Elise Amsterdam in Universiteit Vrije the at 2007 neighbourhood. From that point point From that neighbourhood. Staatslieden the in one by lowed fol places, all of neighbourhood Nieuwmarkt the in team district constabulary first the of arrival the was point turning The ence. residents demanded a police pres dential surroundings. Past tradi Past surroundings. dential changed is the quality of our resi not has What scratch. from start well as might We day. Wibaut’s since change demographic much so undergone has that society a of social-democraticpolicy. cornerstones Aboutaleb,are echo stability, social to and Safety left. will frightened people vote for the ened people are not tolerant. Nor Fright safe. feel people make to society, we will need to work hard a leftist issue. If we want a tolerant automatically was safety that did party our of rest the before long believed I cause. leftist a became onward, a stronger police presence Holding the thread in her hands. hands. her in thread the Holding

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South andSoutheast Asia. years collecting for the Institute in the over experiences his describe Vermeij, our man in Bangkok, Eef will when 2008, January 24 day, meeting will take place on Thurs Friends’ sixteenth and next The development. their in linear or static not nitely are very dynamic indeed and defi female labour participation figures of labour. This shows history that participation and gender divisions labour female influenced deeply developments market labour related and fluctuations eco nomic that concludes Elise flax. and wool of weaving and ning spin in notably most Republic, Dutch the of in industry textile the developments investigating has beenforaboutacentury. ment, starting at the local level. It to serve as an emancipation move population groups. Our mission is disadvantage or under-privilege of without stability social of the cradle as again, once democracy, either. Socialelse anywhere work do not work locally, they will not tion, integration: if these processes big city. Emancipation, accultura and seize the opportunities of the see will who people bourhoods, ple to live in our wonderful neigh peo We vented. wonderful want rein be to needed vehicle This respects. cultural and spiritual, material, in improvement social nicipal politics as a vehicle toward mu social-democratic regarded cohorts his and the Wibaut people? about what And housing. working-class of sanctuaries ful wonder are neighbourhoods our of many continued: being is tion ------Jelle van Lottum Across the North Sea The impact of the Dutch Republic on international labour migration, c. 1550-1850 ISBN 978 90 5260 278 3, 253 pagina’s, gebonden € 27,50

Daily life in the early modern North Sea region was largely subject to international forces. International developments like wars, trade and changing religion trickled through all layers of society, and almost eve- ryone enjoyed or suffered from the consequences. People, however, also came in direct contact with the outer world: they moved to another country, and did so in great numbers. The centre of attention for most international migrants from the North Sea region was the Dutch Repu- blic. From 1550 to 1800 this small confederation of provinces attracted hundreds of thousands of foreig- ners to work in its industries, in its households and on board of its ships. This book is about the impact of the Dutch Republic on the geographical mobility of the people in the surrounding countries. Jelle van Lottum deals with the underlying demographic framework of the migrations, with the changes that occurred in the receiving labour market, and will make a comparison with the other labour-attracting core on the other side of the Channel, England. He arrives at the fascinating conclusion that the early modern migrations in North Western Europe shared many similarities Geschiedenis to the better studied migrations of the industrial era. Antropologie Sociologie Danielle van den Heuvel Women and entrepreneurship Politieke wetenschap Bestuurskunde Female traders in the Northern Netherlands Economie c. 1580-1815 ISBN 978 90 5260 277 6, 334 pagina’s, gebonden, geïllustreerd, € 29,90 Communicatiewetenschap The many travellers who visited the Dutch Republic praised them: the heroic Dutch tradeswomen. In contrast to women in the surrounding countries, in the early modern period Dutch women were enterprising, Verkrijgbaar in de independent and capable traders. In Women and entrepreneurship betere boekhandel they form the topic of investigation. Danielle van den Heuvel exami- nes the role women played in trade in the Northern Netherlands. She of rechtstreeks bij looks at three forms of commercial enterprise in particular: street selling and stallholding, shopkeeping de uitgeverij and international commerce. She uses evidence of female entrepreneurship originating from sources in several urban and rural areas of the country, which allows her to portray the various activities trades- women undertook, but also to elaborate on the differences between male and female entrepreneurs, and the reasons for the high shares of women involved in the sector. Her conclusions are surprising. Commerce was not always as accessible for women. The institutional framework and the way in which a trade was organised were crucial to its accessibility for women. Moreover, Van den Heuvel’s work shows that it was not the Dutch Golden Age, but rather the subsequent century which provided a favourable climate for female entrepreneurship. With this conclusion, the author also makes a significant contribution to the debates on the effect of economic trends on female labour participation in the past.

Vibeke Kingma & Marco H.D. van Leeuwen (red.) Filantropie in Nederland Voorbeelden uit de periode 1770-2020 ISBN 978 90 5260 271 4, 219 pagina’s, gebonden, geïllustreerd, € 19,90

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