A daily changing presentation of historical facts illustrated by items from the collections of IISH, NEHA and Press Museum. http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:58:01 +0100 http://www.iisg.nl/iisglogo35.gif http://www.iisg.nl en http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/09-02.php http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/08-02.php Many letters from Russian prisoners-of-war in Japan ended up in the archive of the Russian Socialist-Revolutionary Party (PSR) and are now kept at the IISH.
Soldier Makar Ivanov writes this colorful letter to his superior: "Your Honor, I am very grateful to those people who taught me how to write and hold a pen. I spend my time writing and reading.... Your Honor, our life is very dull. An hour seems to be a day and a day seems to be a week.... no matter where you look, it is bad everywhere...." ]]> http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/07-02.php The archive of the 10th Regiment of the Malaysian National Liberation Army is at the IISH. ]]> http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/06-02.php La Charte Tunisienne is the organ of the Tunisian independence movement, led by Habib Bourguiba (1903-2000). On 6 February 1937 La Charte complains about the 'ridiculous suspicion' of French customs officers about all imports from Egypt. It was already known that the import of ideological Islamic publications was not allowed. But now the customs officers put up a gramophone between the green tea and bales of rice, and are listening to all records that come from the Middle East. And if customs recognizes a word like 'fatherland' or 'victim' in a song, the record is prohibited, whatever the subject may be.
Tunisia became independent in 1956 and Bourguiba was its first president. ]]> http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/05-02.php The Orange Free State Postal Services issued stamps. During the city council elections of 1970, the Orange Free State won five seats. ]]> http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/04-02.php Gazettes de Hollande, French language newspapers printed in the Netherlands, were smuggled into France and had a large audience. The most famous paper was the Gazette de Leyde. In the Gazette de la Haye of 1752, pictured above, the funeral of Stadholder Willem IV is described. The order of the people behind the hearse gets special attention, as it tells something about the division of power within the Dutch Republic. ]]> http://www.iisg.nl/today/en/03-02.php The second oldest profession, Reitman presents the pimp as a man between 20 and 30, tall and slender, with dark hair and eyes, and a sallow skin. He is addicted to drugs and suffers from syphilis or tuberculosis. The pimp often has gold teeth. His level of education is high, he is interested in culture, and votes for the Democrats. Dr. Reitman had spotted at least a hundred pimps during a Democratic political parade. His book contains many case studies and real life stories, and was praised by sociologists. ]]>