Records of the Baranya County Archives, Hungary
Extent and Medium
276 microfilm reels, 35 mm
8 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Budapest Főváros Levéltára
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem. Original records located in the Baranya Megyei Levʹeltʹar, Pʹecs, 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
Contains lists, reports, notifications, protocols, minutes, affidavits, certificates, requests, approvals, rejections, appeals, authorizations, powers of attorney, surveys, inventories, police and court records and official correspondence created by the respective offices of mayors; constables; prefects; district notaries; government commissioners; court, police, gendarme, and military officials; municipal finance managements; Jewish communities; Jewish Councils and other authorities of the region of Hungary called Baranya County, affecting the Jewish and Roma population, and regarding the subjects of demography; events of the war and the Holocaust; economy and financial matters; industry and agriculture; military; functioning of police, gendarmerie, court, and other law enforcement agencies; rights and duties of citizens; public health; general issues regarding the population; religious and community issues; presence of the German forces; institutions of public welfare; and labor issues. Those records are now in the custordy of the Baranya County Archives (Baranya Megyei Levʹeltʹar, Pʹecs).
System of Arrangement
Organized by the types of administrative offices (mayors, constables, prefects, district notaries, etc. of the region) in which the respective documents were created. Thereunder, organization may be chronological or alphabetical
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Budapest Főváros Levéltára
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Hungary.
- Jews--Hungary.
- Jews--Hungary--Societies, etc--History--Archival resources.
- Romanies--Hungary--History.
- Jewish councils--Hungary--Baranya County.
Genre
- Document