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Image classification, object detection, segmentation, face recognition, OCR, image generation, video understanding
17,534 datasets
A single oral history interview conducted by the Veteranen Instituut, last updated in October 2025. The interview captures a Dutch veteran's personal experiences during and after World War II, including his conscription, service with the 5-5 RI regiment, and deployment to the Dutch East Indies. The account details his work in Salatiga, the lead-up to the Second Police Action, and his eventual return to the Netherlands.
An oral history interview with a Dutch military veteran from the Veteranen Instituut. The interview details his service as a deputy commander of a Liaison and Observation Team (LOT) house in Drvar, Bosnia, during the conflict. The description suggests the content covers his motivations, tasks, team interactions, and contacts with the local population.
An interview transcript from the Veterans Institute, last updated on 2025-10-24, detailing a Dutch veteran's experiences during a UNPROFOR mission in Bosnia. The subject, Dirk Appelo, discusses challenges with adaptation, feelings of isolation, and difficulties reintegrating into civilian society upon return. The data is part of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection.
116 countries from 1946 to 2007 provide the context for this dataset, which supports research on the role of elections in nondemocratic regime survival. It contains data on 262 nondemocratic regimes, used by author K. Seki to analyze the conditional effects of electoral competition. The dataset was last updated on October 24, 2025.
An oral history interview with a Dutch veteran who served with the Gadjah Merah unit in the Dutch East Indies. The interview covers his experiences from 1946 to 1950, including combat patrols in Bali and Palembang, reflections on the transfer of sovereignty, and his subsequent military career until 1975. The dataset is provided by the Veteranen Instituut and was last updated in October 2025.
An oral history interview from the Veterans Institute, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The interview subject, a Dutch Marine Corps member, discusses his deployments to northern Iraq for Operation Provide Comfort and to Jacmel, Haiti, for a reconnaissance mission. He describes his career, work as a medical nurse, the primitive living conditions in Iraq, providing development aid, and the personal impact of long absences.
An oral history interview transcript from the Veterans Institute, cataloged as IPNV interview 1008. The interview subject discusses their deployments to Albania and the Former Yugoslavia, their training and career as a reserve officer, and their critical perspectives on political organization and veteran policy. The dataset was last updated on October 24, 2025, and is part of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities collection.
A 2025-10-24 updated oral history interview from the Veterans Institute, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The interview features a Dutch Royal Army officer recounting his 1995 observer mission in Serbia and his 2008 deployment to Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, where he held a senior logistics position. The description details his encounters with local mafia and perceived lack of mission support from The Hague.
An interview transcript from the Veterans Institute detailing a Dutch veteran's deployment to the Middle East. The veteran discusses his career in the Dutch Defense organization, his work for Sitcen, and his preparations and experiences with UNTSO in Jerusalem, Tiberias, and Damascus. The interview was conducted by the Veteranen Instituut and is part of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection, last updated in October 2025.
An oral history interview conducted by the Veteranen Instituut, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities. The interviewee recounts his deployment to the Dutch Indies (Indonesia) after World War II, covering his military training, service with the 3.3 Infantry Regiment in Medan, and experiences during the politionele actions. The description details his roles as a driver and gunner, patrols, interactions with the local population and prisoners of war, and later veteran activities.
A survey module on arts practice conducted in February and March 2009 as part of the Supplementary Facilities Use Research (AVO-cultuur 2009). The data was collected by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on behalf of the Social and Cultural Planning Office (SCP) and follows up on a main 2007 survey. This module focuses on the practice of arts by the Dutch population.
Veteranen Instituut interview 805 is a personal oral history from a Dutch veteran of the Indonesian National Revolution. The interview, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities, was last updated on October 24, 2025. It recounts the experiences of a twin brother who volunteered for service in the Dutch East Indies as a teenager during the post-World War II period.
Veteranen Instituut interview 458 is a continuation of two prior interviews with a former investigator. The interviewee details his work for the Political Investigation Department for Collaboration (PRAC) after Germany's surrender, investigating how Dutch businesses positioned themselves during the occupation. He describes specific cases, opposition he faced when uncovering collaboration by powerful business figures, and recounts periods of his own time in the organized resistance.
An oral history interview with a Dutch veteran, conducted by the Veteranen Instituut and archived by DANS. The interview details the subject's military service, training, and deployment to New Guinea with the signals corps. The veteran reflects on conditions in the jungle, lack of preparation and provisions, and his opinion on the Dutch presence.
E. Markus conducted a 2-hour, 42-minute oral history interview in 2016, archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection. The interview contains a life narrative describing family life, work at the TiMa timber factory, and the chaotic UNTEA transition period in Manokwari, Papua. The interviewee details experiences with the Indonesian military arrival, violence, looting, and his subsequent entrepreneurial career in the Netherlands.
A Dutch veteran's oral history interview details his parallel military and civilian careers. The interview covers his deployments as a reserve officer and consultant with IDEA, a defense-related business support unit, to Bosnia in 2001 and 2003 and to Uruzgan, Afghanistan, in 2008 and 2010. The dataset was contributed by the Veteranen Instituut and last updated on October 24, 2025.
A 1926-born Dutch veteran's oral history interview covering his experiences during World War II and subsequent military service in Indonesia from 1946. The interviewee served as a military administrator with the 7 December Division in West Java, kept a diary, and discusses interactions with the local population and the sovereignty transfer of 1949-1950. The dataset is provided by the Veteranen Instituut and hosted by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities, last updated in October 2025.
An oral history interview with a CIMIC officer who served with EUFOR in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The interview covers the officer's daily work and life on Camp Butmir in Sarajevo from January 2009, including organizing the EUFOR School Competition. The dataset is provided by the Veteranen Instituut and was last updated on October 24, 2025.
An oral history interview from the Veterans Institute (Veteranen Instituut) documenting the life of a Dutch conscript. The subject was a son of a Frisian greengrocer who was 11 at the start of the German occupation in 1940, served in the Dutch military, and was deployed to the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) in 1949. After the transfer of sovereignty, he was assigned for a year to the Central Transit Camps Batavia (CDKB) to handle administrative repatriation. The interview was published by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities on 2025-10-24.
A single interview provides a first-person account from a Chinook helicopter crew member involved in five distinct military deployments. The narrative covers humanitarian aid delivery to UNHCR refugee camps in Kosovo, medical evacuations in Bosnia, and special forces transport in Iraq and Afghanistan. This oral history was contributed by the Veteranen Instituut and archived by DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities, with metadata last updated on October 24, 2025.