Getuigen Verhalen (Telling Witnesses)

Until the end of 2009, hundreds of eyewitnesses to the Second World War will be interviewed. These interviews are part of the program "Erfgoed van de Oorlog". The project "Getuigen Verhalen" is a component of this program. The core collection of interviews will be archived and unlocked by DANS.

The program Erfgoed van de oorlog will run until the end of 2009. The project Getuigen Verhalen will yield hundreds of interviews. DANS will archive this ‘digital core collection oral history’ and make it available to users.

The project consists of three activities:
1. Documenting the interviews by means of the online catalogue system DANS EASY (the interview data will be provided with persistent identifiers);
2. Sustainable storage of the interviews as digital computer files (digital archiving);
3. Activities in the area of analysis, enrichment and safeguarding of the data. Attention is paid to user licenses and protection of privacy.
So far, grants have been assigned to 47 projects.

Contact person DANS
Paula Witkamp T 06 12750832 E paula.witkamp at dans.knaw.nl