Overview
- Description
- Records related to the “aryanization” of the staff at one of the largest financial institution in Hungary, Magyar Általános Hitelbank Rt. (Hungarian General Credit Bank Co.) following the first anti-Jewish law in 1938, mostly contains personal dossiers of employees. Includes the private correspondence relating to Georges Vajda (Vajda, was one of the towering figures of Jewish Studies in this century. Born in Budapest on November 18, 1908, he died in Paris on October 7,1981).
- Alternate Title
- Records of Hungarian General Credit Bank Co. Personnel and Organizational Departments
- Date
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inclusive:
1938-1949
- 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
- Magyar Általános Hitelbank Rt.
- Reference
- USHMM Archives, RG-52.000, Randolph Braham Collection.
USHMM Archives, RG-39.005M, Records of the 8th Gendarmerie District, Kassa, Hungary (MOL Z 936)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.019M, Records of various financial institutions (MOL Z)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.023M, Magyar Leszámitoló és Pénzváltó Bank Rt. Személyzeti Osztály (MOL Z 68)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.026M, Center of Financial Institutions of Hungary (MOL Z 91-93, etc.)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.027M, The National Land Mortgage Bank (MOL Z 133, etc.)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.029M, Hungarian-Italian Bank, Secretariat (MOL Z 77)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.030M, Hungarian-Italian Bank. Personnel Department (MOL Z 83)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.031M, Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy, Co. (MOL Z 89)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.032M, Selected Records of the Hungarian Saving Bank's Central Mortgage Bank (MOL Z 105)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.033M, First Home Saving Bank of pest City (MOL Z 100)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.038M, Records of Hungarian Banks and Insurance Companies (MOL Z)
USHMM Archives, RG-39.039M, Records of the National Land Mortgage Bank of Hungary (MOL Z)
Braham, R. L.The Politics of Genocide. The Holocaust in Hungary. I-II. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
Physical Details
- Language
- Hungarian
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Bank statements. Registers.
- Extent
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97,587 digital images : JPEG ; 170 GB.
26 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 16 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels, and generally the collection is arranged by name of banks, their offices, and alphabeticly by names of bank personnel.
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
- Topical Term
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century--Registers. Banks and banking--Records and correspondence--Government policy--Hungary--20th century. Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Hungary. Antisemitism--History--20th century. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary. Banks and banking--Hungary
- Personal Name
- Vajda, Georges, 1908-1981.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Magyar Országos Levéltár
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Magyar Országos Levéltár, MOL (National Archives of Hungary), Record Group MOL Z 53. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2009.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-20 09:37:02
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