György Bakách-Bessenyey papers (MOL P 2066)

Identifier
irn47042
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.264
  • RG-39.021M
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1956
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47042

Extent and Medium

40,497 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Creator(s)

  • György Bakách-Bessenyey

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), Record Group MOL P 2066. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2008.

Scope and Content

This collection contains the papers of György Bakách-Bessenyey (1892‒1959), Hungarian envoy to Switzerland who resigned upon the German occupation of Hungary on March 19, 1944, and who played an instrumental role drawing the attention of the West to the deportation of Hungary's Jews. His correspondence, reports, speeches, articles constitute the collection.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár

People

  • Bakách-Bessenyey, György,1892-1959.

Subjects

  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary.
  • Hungary--Foreign relations--Europe.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Hungary.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century--Registers.
  • Hungary--Ethnic relations.
  • Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history--Hungary.

Genre

  • Document
  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Articles.
  • Reports.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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