A magyar háborús bűnösök állambiztonsági vizsgálatának dokumentumai

  • Records of State Security Investigations of Hungarian War Criminals
Identifier
HU ÁBTL 39.018
Language of Description
English
Dates
1945 - 1989
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
  • Hungarian
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

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

Subjects

Places