Records of the Hungarian Prime Minister's Office: Bureau of Exemptions (MOL K 466)
Extent and Medium
266 digital images, JPEG
1 microfilm reel (digitized), 16 mm
Creator(s)
- Hungary. Miniszterelno?kse?g
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, MOL (National Archives of Hungary), Record Group MOL K 466. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2005.
Scope and Content
Under German occupation in Hungary, in 1944, Regent Miklos Horthy established an office to exempt prominent Jews from particular measures such as wearing the yellow star, ghettoization, or deportation. This collection contains lists of people eligible for exemption status and individuals applying for this status.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilm reel. Arranged in one series: Fond: K 466, Prime Minister's Office (Miniszterelnökség), and one sub-series: Department of Exemptions (Mentesitési osztály).
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár
People
- Horthy, Miklós, nagybányai, 1868-1957--Relations with Jews.
Subjects
- Hungary
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--History.
- Hungary--History--1918-1945--Sources.
- Courts
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Hungary--20th century--Registers.
- Hungary--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Magyar Országos Levéltár