Bars és Hont k. e. e. vármegyék alispánjának iratai, 1939-1944

Bars és Hont k. e. e. vármegyék alispánjának iratai, 1939-1944 

Records of the Subprefect of the Administratively Temporarily United Counties of Bars and Hont, 1939-1944 

Bars és Hont k. e. e. vármegyék alispánjának iratai, 1939-1944 

Records of the Subprefect of the Administratively Temporarily United Counties of Bars and Hont, 1939-1944 

4,40 linear metres (44 boxes) Textual records 

The collection holds the records of the former Bars and Hont counties pertaining to the Szob district and certain municipalities of the Ipolyság (Šahy) district from the period of 1939–1944, when the southern part of the two counties was under Hungarian rule. Major thematic groups in the collection include the personal matters of county and municipal employees, matters concerning local autonomy and organization of the county and the municipalities, administrative and special matters, as well as political matters. Holocaust-related files include cases of exemption from the Jewish laws, various requests and petitions written by Jewish individuals, reports and denunciations against Jews, cases of residence permits, citizenship cases, petitions for birth certificates and other family documents, the implementation of the anti-Jewish laws and instances of bureaucratic antisemitic measures, including the withdrawal of trade licences and permits of Jewish individuals and companies, and discrimination against Jews in social aid, quitting rental agreements of Jews, registration and expropriation of Jewish-owned real estate, internment and police custody of Jewish individuals, cases of Jewish organizations, confiscation of radio receivers of Jews, lists of taxpayers and cases of forced labour and labour service of Jews.  

The records of the Subprefect’s Office are arranged into thematic subgroups. The personal matters of county and municipal employees and the matters concerning local autonomy and organization of the county (nos. 1-2.) are in alphabetical order, whereas the records of municipalities, administrative and special matters, as well as political matters (nos. 3-4.) are arranged chronologically, the number of files re-started each year.