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in the institute; at the same time, owing to the complicated architecture of the building (at one time the largest building in the city), the institute was a hotbed of resistance—it housed weapons and radios, and even
Dutchmen hiding from the Germans: the grandson of
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opened the complex. Since that time, KIT has been housed in this historic, neo-renaissance building at the edge of the
Oosterpark. The building has been designated as a national monument. In 1931 it hosted the World Social Economic Conference organised by the
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