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Polish Perspectives on the Rapacki Plan for the Denuclearization of Central Europe

On October 2, 1957, Adam Rapacki proposed the denuclearization of Central Europe. A new collection on DigitalArchive.org documents the height of international discussions concerning the Rapacki Plan in 1958-1959.
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Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki speaks before the United Nations on the denuclearization of Central Europe. Source: UN Audiovisual Library, #2232383.
Nuclear History

Hans Kammler, Hitler’s Last Hope, in American Hands

Hans Kammler

Hans Kammler, Hitler’s Last Hope, in American Hands

By: Frank Döbert and Rainer Karlsch

Operation “Denver”: KGB and Stasi Disinformation regarding AIDS

28 Newly Translated Documents on Chernobyl, 1973-1991

Image: A helicopter sprays a decontamination liquid nearby the Chernobyl reactor in 1986. Source: IAEA Imagebank #02790036, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Soviet Side of the Cultural Cold War

Happy 2nd Lt. William Robertson and Lt. Alexander Sylvashko, Red Army, near Torgau, Germany in April 1945. Source: US National Archives and Records Administration, #531276.
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The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War, and seeks to accelerate the process of integrating new sources, materials and perspectives from the former "Communist bloc" with the historiography of the Cold War. // Read more

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Publication Series

  • Working Papers

    The Cold War International History Project Working Paper Series is designed to provide a speedy outlet for historians who have gained access to newly-available archives and sources and would like to share their results.

  • e-Dossiers

    Cold War International History Project “e-Dossiers” present new and important accessions to the CWIHP Digital Archive. New documents are added to the Digital Archive and introduced by leading scholars of Cold War history, who provide background and context for this new archival evidence.

  • CWIHP Bulletin

    The Cold War International History Project's flagship publication.

  • CWIHP Book Series

    Cold War International History Project books published by Woodrow Wilson Center Press with Stanford University Press.

  • Document Readers

    Large collections of documents complied by the Cold War International History Project for scholarly conferences and events.

  • CWIHP Publication Indexes

    Publications are indexed by subject keyword and article title.

Experts & Staff

Christian F. Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program; Cold War International History Project; North Korea Documentation Project; Nuclear Proliferation International History Project
Charles Kraus
Senior Program Associate, History and Public Policy Program
Pieter Biersteker
Editorial Assistant
Kian Byrne
Program Assistant