Collection of Hungarian political and military records

Identifier
irn508290
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.A.0028
  • RG-30.003M
Dates
1 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508290

Extent and Medium

21 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Acquisition

The Hungarian Collection is a body of records created by the Szalasi Regime, which came into power after the arrest and deportation of Admiral Horthy by the Germans on October 15, 1944. As the Russian troops advanced on Budapest late in 1944, the Salasi cabinet withdrew to the vicinity of the Austrian border and eventually escaped to Germany. American forces apparently captured the records somewhere in south Germany in 1945. From: National Archives and Records Administration RG242/1053 (National Archives Microcopy No. T-973). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms via the Museum's International Programs Division on February 25, 1999.

Scope and Content

Contains Hungarian political records (correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, diplomatic notes, drafts of laws and decrees, directives, studies, texts of speeches and manuscripts, memoranda, circulars, maps, orders, pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, lists, and name files) relating to the Hungarian Nazi Party, known as the Arrow-Cross Party (Nyilaskeresztes Pát), under the leadership of Ferenc Szalasi, who became Regent and Premiere of Hungary late in 1944. The records relate to the Party's affairs and its relations with the earlier Hungarian Government as well as with the later period when it was in power. The records range in date from 1909 to 1945.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: United States. National Archives and Records Administration

Corporate Bodies

  • Nyilaskeresztes Párt

Genre

  • Document
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