Records of the Gödöllő Israelite Elementary School, 1936-1941

Collection description

Holding institution (official language):: Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Pest Megyei Levéltára

Title (official language):: A gödöllői izr. Elemi Népiskola iratai, 1936-1941

Scope and content:: The collection holds the fragmented records of the Gödöllő Israelite Elementary School. The collection contains detailed comprehensive syllabi for classes 1 to 4 (in four exercise books), timetables for the school years from 1936 to 1944, lists on textbooks and holidays as well as a proposal for a school excursion from 1936 and 1937.

Archival history:: The majority of the records of the Debrecen Jewish schools were destroyed right after the ghettoisation and the deportation of the community members in 1944. Based on the regulations of Decree 1022-38/1951 of the Minister of Education (modified by Decree 114-0820/1952 of the Minister of Education), school records that were classified as being of historical value were taken to the archives in the 1950s and the early 1960s. The collection was arranged into the present record group in 1982.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Gödöllő Israelite Community established its one-class (egy tantermes) public elementary school in the 1850s. The new building of the school was erected in 1894. In the late 1930s, approximately twenty pupils attended the school.

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Jewish community

System of arrangement:: Syllabi can be found in small exercise books (1-4 for each class), whereas the other records are placed in a separate folder (no.5.).

Finding aids:: No finding aids exist.

Ernő Lakatos, ed. A Magyar Állami Levéltárak fondjegyzéke, Vol. III. A Területi Levéltárak fondjegyzékei Part 13. A Pest Megyei Levéltár fondjainak jegyzéke. Budapest: Magyar Országos Levéltár, 1975.

Author of the description:: László Csősz; Hungarian National Archives; 23-11-2015 (In cooperation with the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure)