IBE — Digital Collections

Episode I
Service of Intellectual Assistance to Prisoners of War during WWII

How was it possible for the “young” IBE, founded only in 1925, to make a pivot from being an educational institution to one dedicated to intellectual aid efforts?...
Episode II
Service of Intellectual Assistance to Prisoners of War during WWII

In part 2 of Episode II, we explore further the practical and political complexities of sending a half a million books to prisoners of war throughout Europe....
Episode III
Piaget and the Early Years of the IBE

Where did Jean Piaget fit in when, in 1929, he agreed to lead the young International Bureau of Education (IBE) in Geneva?...