Overview
- Description
- Applications by Jewish residents through the Budapest branch of West Germany's Allgemeine Wertverkehrs Bank AG, all dated July 1, 1966 and addressed to the "Chief Administrative Office" in Cologne. Under Article V of the Federal Restitution Law (BEG, Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz) these applicants were able to seek compensation for their loss of freedom during wartime, for having had to wear the Jewish star, for damage to their health, and the death of a spouse.
- Date
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issue:
1966
- 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
- USHMM Archives, RG-52.000, Randolph Braham Collection.
USHMM Archives, RG-39.013, Records Related to the Hungarian Jewish Communities.
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
- Registers. Questionnaires. Indexes.
- Extent
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83,187 digital images : JPEG ; 268 GB.
21 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged alphabetically by name of individuals applicants.
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to the terms of the United States-Hungary Agreement, personal data of an individual mentioned in the records must not be published sooner than 30 years following the death of the person concerned, or if the year of death is unknown, for 90 years following the birth of the person concerned,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
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary--Budapest. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Hungary. World War, 1939-1945--Claims--Germany (West)--History. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Registers. Reparations for historical injustices--Germany--History. Holocaust survivors--Hungary--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Sources. Jews--Hungary--Claims--Registers. Banks and banking, German
- Geographic Name
- Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
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 XXIX-L-2-o. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2004.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-08 14:46:35
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