Overview
- Description
- Contains records of the Budapest People's Court (Budapesti Népbiróság). The material includes documents from the pre-trial police investigations, as well as interrogation protocols, indictments, trial transcripts, witness testimonies, judgments, and post sentencing histories.
- Alternate Title
- Népbíróságok Országos Tanácsa
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-1950
- Credit Line
- Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Collection Creator
- Hungary. Ne?pbiro?sa?g
- Reference
- USHMM Archives, RG-52.000, Randolph Braham Collection
USHMM Archives, RG-39, 013M, Selected Records Related to the Hungarian Jewish Communities
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Genre/Form
- Protocols. Testimonies. Criminal court records.
- Extent
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1,844,970 digital images : JPEG.
747 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 mm ; 2.67 TB .
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in 2 series, and 10 parts based on the Hungarian microfilm inventory grouped by dates of records creation. Series 1: Record group XXV. 1. a, A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Népbíróság iratai. Büntetőperes Iratok, 1945-1948 [Reels 1-367 (includes Reel # 278a)]; Series 2: Record Group VII. 5. e, A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Büntetőperes iratok. Népbíróságtól átvett peres ügyek iratai. Büntetőperes iratok, 1949-1950 [Reels 368-746], and supplemental files #284-286 [Reel 747]. Part 1: Records group XXV. 1. a. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Népbíróság iratai. Büntetőperes iratok, 1945-1947, Reel 1-278a; BFL_Nb_1_RJ (includes #278a); Part 2: Record group XXV. 1. a. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Népbíróság iratai. Büntetőperes iratok, 1948, Reel 279-325; BFL_Nb_2_RJ; Part 3: Record group XXV. 1. a. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Népbíróság iratai, 1948, Reel 326-367; BFL_Nb_3_RJ; Part 4: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területei szervei. Budapesti (Királyi) Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Népbíróságtól áttett peres ügyek iratai, 1949, Reel 368-416; BFL_Nb_4_RJ; Part 5: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai.Népbíróságtól átvett peres ügyek iratai, 1949, Reel 417-462; BFL_Nb_5_RJ; Part 6: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Népbíróságtól átvett peres ügyek iratai 1949, Reel 463-511; BFL_Nb_6_RJ; Part 7: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Népbíróságtól átvett peres ügyek iratai, 1949, Reel 512-559; BFL_Nb_7_RJ; Part 8: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Népbíróságtól átvett peres ügyek iratai 1949, Reel 560-582; BFL_Nb_8_RJ; Part 9: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Büntetőperes iratok, 1950, Reel 583- 679; BFL_Nb_9_RJ; Part 10: Record group VII. 5. e. A jogszolgáltatás területi szervei. Budapesti Büntetőtörvényszék iratai. Büntetőperes iratok, 1950, Reel 680-745. Additional records: NB XXV.I.e. NGA_, 1945-1946; Reel 746 (File 284-286). [BFL_Nb_10_RJ and Suplamental Records: NB XXV.I.e. NGA]. Case files for individual defendants are arranged in numeric order, as originally filmed at the Budapest City Archive. Organized roughly in chronological order: 1945: Reels 1-112; 1946: Reels 112-216; 1947: Reels 216-278 [includes reel #278a]; 1948: Reels 2709-358; 1949: Reels 259-582; 1950: Reel 583-745; And supplemental records: 1945-1946: Reel #746.
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. The Museum shall safeguard, use, and limit access to the documents containing protected personal data in accordance with the terms of the November 5, 2003 agreement between the Government of United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Hungary on the protection of personal data. Personal data of individuals 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. The full text of the Agreement is available at the Archives Reference Desk.
- Copyright Holder
- Budapest Főváros Levéltára
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Investigations. World War, 1939-1945--Law and legislation. Crimes against humanity--Hungary--History--20th century. War crime trials--Hungary--Budapest. War crimes--History--20th century--Hungary. War criminals--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary. Antisemitism--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary. Courts
- Geographic Name
- Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949. Budapest (Hungary) Hungary
- Personal Name
- Endre, László, 1895-1946--Trials, litigation, etc. Baky, László, 1898-1946--Trials, litigation, etc. Jaross, Andor, 1896-1946--Trials, litigation, etc. Rajniss, Ferenc, 1893-1946--Trials, litigation, etc. Sztójay, Döme, 1883-1946--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Corporate Name
- Nyilaskeresztes Párt.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Budapest Főváros Levéltára
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- From 1950 through 1995 records of the Budapest People's Court and the Budapest Criminal Court were in the custody of the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, the state agency overseeing the country's law enforcement organizations, including its secret police. Following the dissolution of the communist system and its organizations, the records were transferred to a newly established archives (called Történeti Hivatal - Office of History - , and later renamed as Állambiztonsági Szolgálatok Történeti Levéltára, ABTL (Historical Archives of State Security Agencies), and to the Budapest Főváros Levéltára, BFL (Budapest City Archives). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received 584 microfilms in May 2005, and in 2007 an additional shipment of 163 microfilms.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-06 12:58:51
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