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Collection of documents of Anti-Jewish Laws and Decrees of Hungary

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 2007.92 | RG Number: RG-39.015

Overview

Description: This collection consists of the texts of Hungary's anti-Jewish laws and decrees from 1938 to 1944 that appeared in official serial publications. Records are derived from five periodicals: Magyar Törvenytár, Magyaroszági Rendeletek Tára, Budapesti Közlöny, and Csendörségi.
Date: inclusive: 1938-1944
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.
Reference: László Karsai, Anti-Jewish Laws and Decrees in Hungary, 1920-1944. In: The Holocaust in Hungary in European Perspective. Budapest, 2005. pp. 143-166.

Physical Details

Language: Hungarian
Genre/Form: Decrees. Periodicals.
Extent: 2 boxes
System of Arrangement: Arranged chronologically in seven series: Series 1: Jewish Laws, regulations, 1938; Series 2: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1939: Series 3: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1940: Series 4: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1941: Series 5: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1942; Series 6: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1943; and Series 7: Jewish Laws, Regulations, 1944.

Rights & Restrictions

Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
Conditions on Use: The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Copyright Holder: Országgyűlési Könyvtár (Hungary)

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Law and legislation--Hungary. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--History. Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--History--20th century. Antisemitism--Hungary--Decrees. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
Geographic Name: Hungary--Ethnic relations.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Országgyűlési Könyvtár (Hungary)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Original records located in Országgyűlési Könyvtár, Hungary. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project acquired the microfilm from the Országgyűlési Könyvtár (Hungary). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilm in 2007.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive

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