Államvédelmi Központ Bizalmas iratok, 1942–1944
- Centre of State Security Classified Records, 1942–1944
Extent and Medium
1 fascicle, 0,02 linear metres
Biographical History
Established in June 1942, the Centre of State Security was a special governmental body under the Ministry of the Interior, whose task was to control and coordinate the activities of military counter-intelligence, the political investigation agencies (gendarmerie and police) and the civil administration. The Centre’s staff included military, police and gendarme officers and a chief prosecutor appointed by the Ministry of Justice. According to the confidential orders regulating its sphere of action, the Centre of State Security was mostly involved in the investigation of conspiracy, sabotage and other actions against the state and internal order, counter-intelligence and activities dangerous for public supply and war economy.
Archival History
The collection was acquired by the Hungarian National Archives in the early 1950s.
Scope and Content
The survived records of the Centre of State Security mostly contain investigative files, including the cases of corruption, bribery, embezzlement, fraud, falsification of documents, black marketeering, trafficking and other violations of economic laws. A significant part of the suspects of these cases were Jews trying to circumvent the regulations of the anti-Jewish laws, or were trying to escape internment, ghettoization and deportation in 1944, as well as non-Jews who helped or cooperated with them. The classified (confidential) records of the Center mostly include the investigative files concerning fraud, corruption and other misuses pertaining to the labour service system. Besides, there are two reports on alleged conspiracy of certain members of the Hungarian elites in Transylvania against the German occupation and their alliance with “the Jews”.
System of Arrangement
The material is arranged by file numbers.
Finding Aids
Szinai Miklós, ed. A Belügyminisztériumi Levéltár 1867–1945 /1949/. Budapest: Magyar Országos Levéltár, 1973.
Publication Note
Szinai Miklós, ed. A Belügyminisztériumi Levéltár 1867–1945 /1949/. Budapest: Magyar Országos Levéltár, 1973.
Archivist Note
Description was prepared by László Csősz
Sources
https://lnyr.eleveltar.hu/MNLQuery/detail.aspx?ID=3061 http://lnyr.eleveltar.hu/MNLQuery/detail.aspx?ID=3063
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0