Andrássy family collection

Identifier
irn92335
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.212.1
Dates
1 Jan 1924 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

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Creator(s)

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joy Olgyay

Joy Olgyay donated her grandfather's collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.

Scope and Content

Consists of correspondence, agreements, meeting minutes, and notes related to the ownership and management of the Friss Ujság newspaper in Budapest between 1940-1944, and the purchase of the Kincses Ujság newspaper in Budapest between 1941-1944. Many of the documents relate to the sale of the Friss Ujság from the Zolnay family (who were Jewish) to Count Imre Andrássy, and Andrássy's payments to Lászlo Zolnay. Also includes documents, 1943-1944, related to the newspaper's purchase of extensive amounts of wine to serve as a future distraction to Russian troops; family history about Count and Countess Andrássy, who hid British paratroopers from the Nazi and collaborationist authorities; and documents related to the 1947 trial in Sweden of Count Andrássy, who was wrongfully accused of being a member of the Arrow Cross.

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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.