Selected records of the Holocaust in Nógrád County, Hungary
Extent and Medium
7 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm
digital images,
Archival History
Nógrád Megye Levéltára, Salgótarján
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Israel. Original records are located at the Nógrád Megyei Levéltára, Salgótarján (Archives of Nógrád County, Hungary, Salgotarján branch). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2008.
Scope and Content
This collection contains three group of records: I: Records of deputy prefect of Nógrád County, 1934-1944 (bulk 1938‒1944); mayor of Salgótarján city (1939‒1944); people's court (no date), and lawsuits (1945‒1946); government commission for "abandoned" properties in Balassagyarmat; commissions of Nógrád-Hont county (1945‒1949) and Salgótarján city (1945); political screening committees of Salgótarján, Szecseny, Nógrád-Hont, and Szirak counties, and of Salgótarján city; orphans court of Nógrád county (1940‒1943) and Nógrád -Hont county (1946‒1948); deputy prefect of Nógrád -Hont county (documents of 1945‒1946); royal courts of Balassagyarmat (1939‒1944) and Salgótarján (2 documents, 1942); public prosecutor of Balassagyarmat (4 records, 1944); villages Somoskőújfalu, Zagyvapalfalva, Cered, Sámsonháza, Szécsény, Endrefalva, Etes, Pásztó. II: Records of mayor's office of Balassagyarmat, 1939‒1944; political screening committee of Balassagyarmat county (1 document, 1948); meetings of representatives of Balassagyarmat county (1938‒1943); political screening committtee of Balasagyarmat county (2 documents, 1944 and 1945); villages Alsópetény, Felsőpetény, Ősagárd, Diósjenő. III: Articles from newspapers Nógrádi Hirlap and Nógrád Vármegye Hivatalos lapja (year not noted, only month and day).
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged in three series, organized mainly in chronological order: 1. Records of Salgótarján city, Nógrád County, 1934-1944. 2. Records of Balassagyarmat County, 1939-1944; Series 3. Press clippings-Articles from newspapers Nógrádi Hirlap and Nógrád Vármegye Hivatalos lapja. The Yad Vashem microfilm reel numbers: JM 28578 to JM 28584.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár
Subjects
- World War,1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Hungary.
- Somoskőújfalu (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Antisemitism--Hungary.
- Jews--Hungary--Zagyvapalfalva--History--20th century.
- Zagyvapalfalva (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Hungary--Felsőpetény--History--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--Sámsonháza--History--20th century.
- Endrefalva (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Hungary--Etes--History--20th century.
- Hungary--Politics and goverment--20th century.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--Endrefalva--History--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--Pásztó--History--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--Cered--History--20th century.
- Jews--Hungary--Somoskőújfalu--History--20th century.
- Holocaust survivors--Hungary.
- Felsőpetény (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Alsópetény (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Hungary--Ősagárd--History--20th century.
- Pásztó (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Etes (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Ősagárd (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Sámsonháza (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--History.
- Cered (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Hungary--Szécsény--History--20th century.
- Szécsény (Hungary)--Ethnic relations.
- Jews--Hungary--Alsópetény--History--20th century.
Genre
- Reports.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Registers.
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Nógrád Megyei Levétár, Salgótarján