Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága (DEGOB) card file collection
Extent and Medium
19 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem. Original records located in the Hungarian Jewish Archives (Magyar Zsidʹo Levʹeltʹar), Budapest, Hungary. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project received the microfilm in Feb. 2005 through its mutual microfilm exchange program.
Scope and Content
Collection contains card files created in Budapest, Hungary, in 1945 and early 1946, by the charitable organization called DEGOB (Magyarországi Zsidók Deportáltakat Gondozó Országos Bizottsága/National Committee of Hungarian Jews Supporting Returning Deportees). The individual cards usually carry the name and personal data of the client, and details about the support she/he received (e.g. financial aid, clothing, food, shelter).
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár
Subjects
- Budapest (Hungary)
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Hungary.
- Hungary
- Jews--Hungary--Registers.
- Holocaust Survivors--Hungary.
- Holocaust Survivor -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, instititoins, etc.
- World War, 1939-1945--Hungary.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Magyar Zsidó Múzeum és Levéltár