Records of compensation in Hungary (MOL XIX-20-L-o)

Identifier
irn47079
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.167
  • RG-39.037M
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1998, 1 Jan 1957 - 31 Dec 1975
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47079

Extent and Medium

229,267 digital images, JPEG

125 microfilm reels, 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 (Hungarian National Archives), Record Group MOL XIX-20-L-o). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2011, and accretion of 63 microfilm reels in 2018.

Scope and Content

Correspondence between Hungarian and West German authorities, organizations, and companies; documents supporting Hungarian claims; minutes of various Hungarian bodies; surveys and statistics; laws, decrees, circular letters; internal correspondence and notes of the Department of Compensation; documentation regarding distributions; claim sheets (recording name and type of claim) submitted by the Hungarian General Exchange Bank on behalf of individuals; BRüG (Germany Federal Restitution Law) case files with correspondence, financial papers, administrative documents, claimant authorizations for various Hungarian bodies to represent them, questionnaires and claim sheets including summaries of claimants’ (or their relatives’) Holocaust experiences along with supporting documentation, letters of refusal to claimants who missed the deadline. BEG (Germany Federal Compensation Law) case files: correspondence, financial papers, administrative documents. Austrian compensation: correspondence between claimants, various Hungarian bodies, Austrian authorities, and Austrian law firms; administrative papers; claim sheets.

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

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Claims--Germany.
  • Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Sources.
  • Reparations for historical injustices
  • Banks and banking--Hungary
  • Hungary--Ethnic relations--20th century.
  • Hungary
  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Hungary.
  • Holocaust survivors--Hungary--Registers.

Genre

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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