Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete iratai. Jogügyi Osztály

The largest part of this vast collection was created in the years 1959 to 1963 and contains ample information on what happened to individuals and families during the Holocaust in Hungary. The documents were collected by the Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete Jogügyi Osztálya (the Legal Department of the National Representation of Hungarian Israelites). They were employed as evidence in Holocaust-related legal cases such as compensation cases and cases to determinate pensions. Next to personal recollections, the collection includes testimonies taken by notaries and certificates issued by various authorities. Moreover, there are notebooks from 1973-1974 containing notes on survivors and family members of victims focusing on what happened to them in 1944-1945. These notes resulted from survivors taking up contact with the Magyar Izraeliták Országos Képviselete Jogügyi Osztály (the Legal Department of the National Representation of Hungarian Israelites) with the aim of receiving official certifications that could be used in Holocaust-related legal cases. Last but not least, the collection contains the correspondence of the Legal Department with other departments, countryside Jewish communities in Hungary, German Jewish communities, various individuals as well as Austrian and West German authorities regarding the compensation of Hungarian Holocaust survivors and family members of victims from 1959 to 1972.