Ferenc Rajniss papers (MOL P 2210)

Identifier
irn47043
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.265
  • RG-39.022M
Dates
1 Jan 1923 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47043

Extent and Medium

4,633 digital images, JPEG

1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Ferenc Rajniss

Archival History

Magyar Országos Levéltár

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Magyar Országos Levéltár (National Archives of Hungary), Record Group MOL P 2210. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2008.

Scope and Content

This collection contains papers and records of Ferenc Rajniss, an extreme right-wing politician and journalist, who in 1944 was Minister of Education and Religious Affairs in the Arrow-Cross Cabinet and was executed later for war crimes. Documents include his notes, articles, lectures, speeches relating to " Kristallnacht ", Jewish questions, Hungarian foreign policy, Fascist domestic program, and Rajniss' testimony about National Socialist beliefs; and more.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reel. Arranged in chronological order.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár

People

  • Rajniss, Ferenc, 1893-1946.

Subjects

  • Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--Hungary.
  • National socialism.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century.
  • Hungary--Ethnic relations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary.
  • Hungary--Economic policy--1933-1945.

Genre

  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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