• Centre of State Security Classified Records, 1942–1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 519
• English
• 1942-1944
• 1 fascicle, 0,02 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

The survived records of the Centre of State Security mostly contain investigative files, including the cases of corruption, bribery, embezzlement, fraud, falsification of documents, black marketeering, trafficking and other violations of economic laws. A significant part of the suspects of these cases were Jews trying to circumvent the regulations of the anti-Jewish laws, or were trying to escape internment, ghettoization and deportation in 1944, as well as non-Jews who helped or cooperated with them. The classified (confidential) records of the Center mostly include the investigative files...

• Centre of State Security Presidential Records, 1942–1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 494
• English
• 1 fascicle, 0,03 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

The survived records of the Centre of State Security mostly contain investigative files, including the cases of corruption, bribery, embezzlement, fraud, falsification of documents, black marketeering, trafficking and other violations of economic laws. A significant part of the suspects of these cases were Jews trying to circumvent the regulations of the anti-Jewish laws, or to escape internment, ghettoization and deportation in 1944, as well as non-Jews who helped or cooperated with them. The Presidential Records also include letters of denunciation against Communists and Jews, including b...

• Records of the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin, Nazi Germany

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 83
• English
• 1922-1945
• 19 fasc., 22 vols., 3,37 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

The evolving relations between Nazi Germany and Hungary were one of the most central factors in the implementation of the Holocaust in Hungary. The records of the Hungarian Embassy in Berlin are of crucial importance since they convey information on the Holocaust and a sense of the differences and negotiation between the two states with the Hungarian Ambassador being an important agent in his own right. The documents are of special significance also since Regent Miklós Horthy appointed former Hungarian Ambassador Döme Sztójay as Prime Minister of Hungary in 1944 once Nazi Germany entered Hu...

• Records of the Hungarian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 84
• English
• 1918-1945
• 227 fasc., 79 vols., 33,79 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

The collection of materials from the Hungarian Embassy in Bern, Switzerland includes miscellaneous documents. It contains information on the Swiss policy towards foreigners and the concrete measures adopted to control them, including the operation of refugee camps. More concretely, there are documents on Hungarian citizens residing in Switzerland and Hungarian Jewish migration to Switzerland as well as on the internment of Hungarian citizens as well as references to their deportation by Nazi Germany. The collection also contains official reports on Swiss internal affairs, foreign policy and...

• Records of the Hungarian Consulate in Graz, 1928-1945

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 119
• English
• 1928-1945
• 63 fasc., 17 vols., 10,04 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

Records of the Hungarian Consulate in Graz, the capital of the federal Austrian state of Styria contain considerable material concerning Hungarian Jews, especially from the months following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in March 1938. The bulk of the material documents the efforts of Hungarian authorities to secure the assets of the Hungarian Jews living in Nazi-occupied Austria. These records include various registries and reports concerning the property of the Hungarian Jews in Styria, documents on German-Hungarian negotiations on the wealth of Hungarian Jews and other anti-Je...

• Records of the Central National Authority for Controlling Foreigners, General Records, 1931-1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 492
• English
• 1931-1944
• 20 fasc., 6 boxes, 2,95 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

KEOKH records are relevant for the study of anti-Semitic radicalization and the Holocaust in Hungary for two chief reasons: it typically suspected foreigners and its reports on the raid it held tend to list the number of Jews concerned and expelled. In certain cases, so called Ostjuden are mentioned separately in these reports. Second, in 1941, KEOKH initiated and implemented the deportation of Jews from Hungary who could not prove their citizenship to newly occupied Galicia. This Hungarian anti-Jewish action eventually led to the first Nazi mass murder with over 10 000 victims. The collect...

• Foreign Ministry Records of the Legal Department, 1918-1945

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 70
• English
• 1918-1945
• 372 fasc., 115 vols., 59,74 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

The records in the collection from 1919-1923 are organized by date and topics. The most relevant topics from this period include internment, expulsion and passport issues and name change cases. The localization of Jewish-related cases requires item-level investigation. This part of the material also includes a fascicle containing complaints, petitions and reports concerning atrocities committed by the troops and paramilitary forces of Miklós Horthy’s National Army in 1919 (Fasc. 13.) The material from the years 1924-1945 is organized by countries. The most relevant part of the collection is...

• Records of the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, 1938-1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 150
• English
• 1938-1944
• 4535 fasc., 1630 vols., 775,68 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

This collection contains documents regarding the implementation of anti-Jewish legislation in Hungary as well as instructions given to various levels of public administration regarding Jewish matters in the years of worsening anti-Semitic discrimination prior to the mass deportations. Other records document disciplinary actions taken in extra-judicial ways. Moreover, the collection includes information on the processing of passports, repatriations and grievances and has records on the policy adopted toward Hungarian citizens residing abroad and non-citizens residing in Hungary. MOL K 150 P ...

• Records of the Hungarian Chief Consulate in Paris

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 648
• English
• 1941-1945
• 125 fasc., 12 vols., 18,5 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

Records of the Hungarian Chief Consulate in Paris, in Nazi-occupied France that are relevant for the study of the history of the Holocaust mostly concern issues of citizenship. There are documents related to hundreds of such cases, several of which even have photos of the individuals concerned. Moreover, there are birth, marriage, baptism and death certificates of Hungarian Jews (the former also serving as proofs of origin), matters related to their passports (including certificates of the return of one’s town of residence to Hungary) and entry permits. There are more general reports on Hun...

• Records of the Hungarian Embassy in Rome, 1920-1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 99
• English
• 1920-1944
• 111 fasc., 75 vols., 17,39 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

Records of the Hungarian Embassy in Rome, the capital of Fascist Italy, that are relevant for the study of the history of the Holocaust relate to citizenship cases of Hungarian Jews and include birth certificates, documents of origin and baptism, requests of passport, visa, cases of emigration, work permits but also documentation of cases of internment and deportation.

• Records of the Hungarian Embassy in Vichy, 1940-1944

• Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
• MNL OL K 448
• English
• 1940-1944
• 39 fasc., 11 vols., 6,12 linear metres
• Updated 9 years ago

With the defeat of France in 1940 and the signing of the armistice, the so called French State with its capital in Vichy emerged. The Hungarian state appointed an Ambassador to this nominally sovereign entity in unoccupied France. Its Embassy processed hundreds of cases which are part of this collection. Most of these cases concern questions of citizenship and passport-related requests. There are documents concerning visa and travel requests, requests to return to Hungary but also certificates of birth, marriage and change of religion. Other documents concern cases of the arrest, internment...