Overview
- Description
- Collection contains Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs (Belügyminisztʹerium) records of Jews who were exempted from the anti-Jewish laws. Reel No. 2 also contains Foreign Ministry (Külügyminisztʹerium) records about interdepartmental issues like the cases of Hungarian Jews who wanted to repatriate after living abroad, foreign nationals of Jewish origin living in Hungary, Hungarian government guarantees issued to emigrating Hungarian Jews, and extradition issues involving Hungarian Jews. Reel No. 2 also contains some late 1944 records of the Arrow Cross-controlled Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education (Vallʹas- ʹes Közoktatʹasügyi Minisztʹerium), documenting requests for exempted status.
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1944
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Extent
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3 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Organization is chronological. The researcher ordering the microfilming apparently instructed the laboratory to have relevant Foreign Ministry, and, additionally, Religious Affairs and Education Ministry (VKM) files, included in the Ministry of Internal Affairs collection
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Fair use only. According to the terms of the United States-Hungary Agreement, personal data of an individual mentioned in the records must not be published sooner than 30 years following the death of the person concerned, or if the year of death is unknown, for 90 years following the birth of the person concerned, or if both dates are unknown, for 60 years following the date of issue of the archival material concerned. "Personal data" is defined as any data that can be related to a certain natural person ("person concerned"), and any conclusion that can be drawn from such data about the person concerned. The full text of the Agreement is available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives Reference Desk.
- Copyright Holder
- Magyar Országos Levéltár
Keywords & Subjects
- Geographic Name
- Hungary--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Hungary--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Hungary. Belügyminisztérium
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Magyar Országos Levéltár
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem. Original records are located in the National Archives of Hungary (Magyar Orszʹagos Levʹeltʹar), Budapest, Hungary. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm in Feb. 2005 through its mutual microfilm exchange program.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:44:38
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