Records of various financial institutions (MOL Z)
Extent and Medium
97,905 digital images, JPEG
36 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
Archival History
Magyar Országos Levéltár
Acquisition
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.
Source of acquisition is the Magyar Országos Levéltár, MOL (National Archives of Hungary), various record groups MOL Z. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2008, and accretion in 2015.
Scope and Content
The collection contains records of Aryanization of various Hungarian financial institutions following the first anti-Jewish law in 1938, (various record groups MOL Z). Since the collection contains personal files, some records were created prior to 1938.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. The collection is arranged by the name of banks and their offices. The list of Z files included in this collection are listed in the finding aid.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár
Subjects
- Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
- Hungary--Ethnic relations.
- Race discrimination--Law and legislation--Hungary.
- Banks and banking--Records and correspondence--Government policy--Hungary--20th century.
- Banks and banking--Hungary
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Hungary.
- Romania
- Hungary.
- Banks and banking, Romanian
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
- Bank statements.
- Announcements.