Okresné živnostenské spoločenstvo v Rožňave 1884 - 1952
- Tradesmen Association of the Rožňava District 1884 - 1952
- Rozsnyói Járási Ipartársulat
Extent and Medium
7 linear meters, paper documents
Biographical History
The southern parts of the Rožňava District after the First Vienna Arbitration in November 1938 were annexed to the Hungarian Kingdom. Its territory included more than 30 localities. According to the Hungarian census of 1941, there were approximately 1000 Israelites that inhabited the localities of the district. In Rožňava (in Hungarian Rozsnyó) which had the largest Jewish community in the district, Jews formed about 6-7% of the population. Many Jews living in the district were employed in industry and trade and the association represented the interests of this group. As a result of the anti-Jewish laws, after 1938 Jewish tradesmen have gradually lost their rights and their association membership too, which is well-documented in this archival fonds too.
Scope and Content
The archival collection of the Tradesmen Association of the Rožňava District contains materials regarding Jewish industrialists and tradesmen who inhabited mainly Rožňava and other localities of the Rožňava District. Seven boxes of the collection are related to the period between 1938 and 1944, including various documents on anti-Jewish persecution and the Aryanization of Jewis property. The collection records preserve documents regarding the the abolition of Jewish business certificate in 1939 and 1940, as well as archival sources concerning the fate of companies or factories that were previously owned by Jews. The city appointed non-Jewish managers at the head of these companies in 1944, it was for example the case of the watch and jewelry store owned by Jenő Schnitzer (Rožňava), the sawmill that belonged to the Guttmann family (Rožňava) or the lime factory of the Hupperts in Plešivec. Furthermore, the archival collection holds the list of Jewish tradesmen who were gathered in the Rožňava ghetto in June 1944.
Conditions Governing Access
Accessible.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
It is possible to make copies in accordance with the research rules of the archive.
Finding Aids
Inventory made in 1987 available in the researcher's room of the archives.
Archivist Note
The fonds was described by Veronika Szeghy-Gayer. Description edited by Martin Posch.
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0