Records of the Balassagyarmat Representative of the Government Commissary for Abandoned Property

Records of the Balassagyarmat Representative of the Government Commissary for Abandoned Property 

Elhagyott Javak Kormánybiztossága Balassagyarmati megbízottjának iratai  

Records of the Balassagyarmat Representative of the Government Commissary for Abandoned Property 

Elhagyott Javak Kormánybiztossága Balassagyarmati megbízottjának iratai  

The collection holds records pertaining to real estate and moveable property abandoned between the German occupation of Hungary on March 19, 1944, and the end of the war on Hungarian territory in the middle of April, 1945. The overwhelming majority of the material deals with the property of deported Jews or former labour servicemen. The records include, but not limited to the following types of documents: petitions and requests submitted by Jewish organizations and Jewish individuals for social aid, material support and financial restitution; petitions of owners of factories and other firms requesting exception from abandoned status; petitions for furniture, clothing and other basic items by returning survivors; reports and registers of abandoned lands, shops and apartments registers; appointments of wardens and caretakers; restitution cases, cases about restoring legal ownership; investigation and decisions about stolen or illegally owned property.