Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun vármegye főispánjának iratai, 1876-1944

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun vármegye főispánjának iratai, 1876-1944 

Records of the Prefect of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, 1876-1944 

Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun vármegye főispánjának iratai, 1876-1944 

Records of the Prefect of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, 1876-1944 

107,43 linear metres Textual records 

The most relevant Holocaust-related thematic groups of the collection are the following: 401/a. Confidential Records, 1882-1944 Holocaust-related records are scattered throughout the collection, mostly require file-level research, and include, but not limited to the following issues: political movements, including extreme right wing parties; supervision of the press, foundations and cultural and social organizations; passport issues, national and municipal elections; requests for and decisions about various kinds of trade licences and permits; supervision of extreme right wing movements and parties, including the Arrow Cross; internment and custody; records on the nationalization of Jewish landholdings; requests and petitions reflecting the antisemitic public mood, denunciations and reports against and investigation of the cases of Jewish individuals and companies; withdrawals of weapon permits and confiscation of radio receivers; supervision of Jewish communities and cultural organizations; expulsion of Jews from municipal assemblies; expropriation, handling and distribution of Jewish wealth, and ghettoization in various localities in Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County. 401/b. General records, 1876-1944 This part of the collection mostly concerns the supervision of the subprefect’s office and other administrative bodies of the county. The records cover many aspects of the life of Jewish individuals, companies and institutions. 401/c. Classified Records, 1938-1941 The survived fragments of the classified records mostly contain files pertaining to the activities and organization of the Arrow Cross Party in Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County. 401/d Confidential Records of Mobilization, 1941-1944 This part of the collection contains information on various aspects of military service, air raid, activities of German troops in Hungary, organization and activities of the ethnic German Volksbund, and anti-partisan actions. 401/e Records of Government Commissioner for Public Supply This thematic group contains information about wartime public supply, distribution of food and the control and regulation over agricultural and commercial life, including appointments of authorised wholesalers and traders, which involved discrimination against Jewish companies. 

The records of the Prefect of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County were arranged into provenance subgroups (állag) numbered 401/a to 401/i. The most relevant subgroups are the following: a) Confidential Records (Bizalmas iratok), 1882-1944; b) General records, 1876-1944; c) Classified Records (Titkos iratok), 1938-1941; d) Confidential Records of Mobilization (Országmozgósítási bizalmas iratok), 1941-1944; e) Records of Government Commissioner for Public Supply (Közellátási Kormánybiztosi iratok). Within these groups, the files are arranged chronologically, the number of files re-started each year.