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The website FES-Netz-Quelle of the library of the German Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung focuses on right-wing extremism in the interwar period, from the early 1920s to the mid 1930s. It provides important texts from the right-wing movement to make them accessible for historical analysis, which are chronologically arranged on this website. The selection illustrates the holdings of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung library. Any use of these documents beyond private use or the preparation of individual teaching or teaching units, in particular commercial use, is not permitted without the explicit consent of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Clicking on the documents leads to additional keywords and a download option in PDF format.

This site provides access to the records held by the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA, College Park, MD) on assets looted during the Holocaust and subsequently located, recovered, and returned. The primary stimulus for recent interest in these issues came only in the 1990s with the discovery of Swiss bank accounts and gold looted by the Nazis, but it has expanded to include cultural artifacts, art, and other monetary instruments. NARA actively aids researchers and implements the 1998 Nazi War Crimes Records Disclosure Act, a federal law requiring declassification and disclosure of materials related to Nazi war crimes and war criminals. The collection includes a digitized version of the finding aid and online versions of a number of relevant publications.

This website offers users access to reports and other information created by Human Rights Watch, a respected global nongovernmental organization concentrating on a range of human rights issues. The archive of reports dates back to 1982, with extensive coverage of issues, conflicts and problems since 1991. They include, among many others, issues of torture, detention and armed conflict, but also discrimination based on sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. The site also contains video reports, photo essays and a section reporting outcomes of HRW advocacy. All site materials are in English, but there are also versions in a range of other European and global languages.

During World War II, the U.S. Command and General Staff College's primary mission was to train large numbers of captains and majors to be staff officers in battalions, brigades, divisions, and corps. To that end, the Army provided copies of documents produced by field units to the College. This archive, the Combined Arms Research Library, provides users with searchable and browseable access to operations orders, after-action reports, intelligence analyses, logistics appraisals, and similar documents. The library has also recently partnered with several Army educational and historical organizations, whose collections appear here.

Part of a broader UN examination of gender mainstreaming, this page provides clarity on the related concepts of gender and equality.

The concept of the “Responsibility to Protect (R2P)” is one of the ideas that have evolved the fastest in the contemporary international normative arena. R2P affirms that states and governments do not only have a right to sovereignty, but also a responsibility to protect their populations, and that the international community must take action when states fail to uphold this responsibility. R2P has quickly moved up the ladder of international law, from an emerging idea in the late 1990s to its official formulation over the turn of the century. At the same time, skeptics and critics have raised concerns about the concept, arguing that it is a veil for self-interested interventions by major powers and a threat to international peace and security. This report outlines the concept’s key elements and describes how it came into being (Part I). The report then explores the concept’s positive aspects (Part II) and its problems (Part III). During our research, a gap in the literature around...

The International Encyclopedia of the First World War, an English-language virtual reference work on the First World War, has created a vibrant, informative interactive timeline illustrating key events of the First World War with primary documents and artistic depictions of battles, treaties, and life on the home front.

The National Archives has a wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in the Vietnam conflict. These include photographs, textual and electronic records, audiovisual recordings, exhibits, educational resources, articles, blog posts, lectures, and events, as well as an interactive timeline that documents the key events of the Vietnam War.

This site contains an archive of publications by the International Atomic Energy Agency dating back to 1958. These scientific and technical publications include international safety standards, technical guides, conference proceedings and scientific reports, as well as the general interest IAEA Bulletin, factsheets and topical booklets. All materials and site pages are available in English.

This site provides access to reports on issues arranged thematically and geographically, all prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross, which concentrates on providing aid to those suffering from, among other crises, armed conflicts. These include archived materials, a digital library, databases, annual reports, and other materials dating back through the twentieth century. The archives are of special potential interest, as they contain links to collections of ICRC materials dating back to the First World War. All site materials are in English and a range of other world languages.

The International Institute of Social History collections comprise archive, library and audio-visual material with a thematic emphasis on social and emancipatory movements. The Institute holds over 4,000 archives, more than 1,000,000 printed volumes, and an equivalent number of audio-visual items including posters. In addition, the site has handy collection guides to a range of topics both thematic (anarchism and anti-apartheid movements) and geographic (Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union). Many materials are available in English and the English–language site is extensive.

The Internet History Sourcebooks Project is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly for educational use. Primary sources are available primarily for use in high-school and university/college courses. From the outset the site took a very broad view of the sources that should be available to students and as well as documents long associated with a "western civilization" approach to history also provides much information on Byzantine, Islamic, Jewish, Indian, East Asian, and African history, including many documents especially relevant to women's history and LGBT studies.