Records of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Identifier
irn522695
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.56
  • RG-68.062M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522695

Extent and Medium

14 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Archival History

Magyar Országos Levéltár

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is Yad Vashem. Original records located in the National Archives of Hungary (Magyar Orszʹagos 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 political reports, memoranda, general correspondence, records pertaining to legal, consular, general travel, repatriation, citizenship, charity, deportation, property, real estate, and miscellaneous personal issues, concerning arrested and interned individuals, and requests for information. The documents were created by the general offices and the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Külügyminisztʹerium), and the Hungarian Embassies in Berlin, Brussels, Rome, Vichy, the Vatican, Washington DC, Bern, and the Hungarian Consulate in Amsterdam.

System of Arrangement

Organized by the location of the respective Hungarian diplomatic posts (e.g. Brussels, Rome, Vichy, Amsterdam, Vatican, Washington, Berlin, Legal Department of the Foreign Ministry, and Bern). Thereunder organization is by types of cases (e.g. repatriation, emigration, citizenship, passport, etc. issues), and thereunder organization is chronological

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár

Subjects

  • Jews--Hungary.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Italy--Rome.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--France--Vichy.
  • Executive departments.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Washington (D.C.)
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Vatican City.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Hungary.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Germany--Berlin.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Netherlands--Amsterdam.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Belgium--Brussels.
  • Hungary
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Hungarian--Switzerland--Bern.

Genre

  • Document
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