Hungarian Jews' applications for compensation (MOL XXIX-L-2-o)

Identifier
irn72169
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.750
  • RG-39.040M
Dates
1 Jan 1966 - 31 Dec 1966
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn72169

Extent and Medium

83,187 digital images, JPEG

21 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

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 XXIX-L-2-o. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2004.

Scope and Content

Applications by Jewish residents through the Budapest branch of West Germany's Allgemeine Wertverkehrs Bank AG, all dated July 1, 1966 and addressed to the "Chief Administrative Office" in Cologne. Under Article V of the Federal Restitution Law (BEG, Bundesentschaedigungsgesetz) these applicants were able to seek compensation for their loss of freedom during wartime, for having had to wear the Jewish star, for damage to their health, and the death of a spouse.

System of Arrangement

The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed reels. Arranged alphabetically by name of individuals applicants.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Magyar Országos Levéltár

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Hungary.
  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Claims--Germany (West)--History.
  • Jews--Hungary--Claims--Registers.
  • Holocaust survivors--Hungary--Registers.
  • Hungary--Politics and government--1945-1949.
  • Reparations for historical injustices--Germany--History.
  • Banks and banking, German
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Sources.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Hungary--Budapest.

Genre

  • Questionnaires.
  • Registers.
  • Indexes.
  • 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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