A magyar háborús bűnösök állambiztonsági vizsgálatának dokumentumai
- Records of State Security Investigations of Hungarian War Criminals
Extent and Medium
About 1200 case files. 93 DVD-ROMs; 4 3/4 in., 34,528 digital images: JPEG and TIFF; 179 GB.
Biographical History
The ÁBTL's collection of documents mostly contain testimonies and protocols. For details, see http://www.abtl.hu/node/223
Scope and Content
Contains records of interrogations of suspected war criminals by the investigative branch of the Hungarian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Hungarian Police State Protection Department (Magyar Államrendőrség Államvédelmi Osztálya, ÁVO), and later by the independent Agency for State Security State Protection Authority, (Államvédelmi Hatóság, ÁVH), primarily confessions and witness testimonies.
System of Arrangement
Alphabetical by name.
Existence and Location of Copies
USHMM RG-39.018; the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2005. Its source was the Állambiztonsági Szolgálatok Történeti Levéltára, ÁBTL (Historical Archives of State Security Agencies), Hungary.
Archivist Note
Description prepared by Ferenc Laczó. Source: http://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47044
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0