Records of the Subprefect of Sopron County

Records of the Subprefect of Sopron County 

Sopron vármegye alispánjának iratai 

Records of the Subprefect of Sopron County 

Sopron vármegye alispánjának iratai 

170,75 linear metres, paper 

The fond of the records of the Subprefect is one of the key collections pertaining to the history of the Jewish communities and the Holocaust in Sopron County. The material from the years 1938-1944 (boxes 565-711), include records concerning the implementation of the anti-Jewish laws and instances of bureaucratic and illegal antisemitic measures, including the withdrawal of trade licences and permits, quitting rental agreements of Jews, exclusion of Jews from the municipal committees and social organizations, registration and expropriation of Jewish landholdings; administrative procedures against Jewish communities; Jewish responses, including requests for exemption from anti-Jewish laws, cases of magyarization of names, citizenship and naturalization cases, petitions for birth certificates and other family documents, request for passports, activities of Zionist organizations; activities of the national socialists and other extreme right-wing movements, hate speech and propaganda, military labour service; atrocities and looting committed by German troops in March 1944, the implementation of anti-Jewish decrees, expropriation of Jewish assets, as well as social aid and restitution cases of returning survivors. 

The records of the Subprefect’s Office of Sopron County are arranged into 8 provenance subgroups (állag) by departments or special functions, numbered from 404. a. to 404. h., out of which the most relevant are the following subgroups: b (administrative records), c (records of petty offences), d (passport records), e (registries)