Records of the Meetings of the Lower House of Parliament in Sopron, 1944-1945

Collection description

Holding institution (official language):: Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára

Title:: Records of the Meetings of the Lower House of Parliament in Sopron, 1944-1945

Title (official language):: A Képviselőház soproni üléseinek iratai, 1944-1945

Scope and content:: The Hungarian Parliament held primary responsibility for antisemitic legislation that gradually withdrew Jewish emancipation in Hungary. This collection includes the minutes of the meetings of the Lower House of the Parliament of the Arrow Cross era which was evacuated to Western Hungary at the end of 1944. In addition, the collection holds the registry of the parliamentary committees (bizottsági nyilvántartó) as well as some documents on technical, personnel and economic affairs.

Archival history:: A large part of the records of the Houses of the Hungarian Parliament were destroyed or lost in the siege of Budapest and during the evacuation of the offices to Western Hungary in November 1944. The remaining part was transferred to the National Archives between 1950 and 1960.

Administrative/biographical history:: The Lower House of the Hungarian Parliament was a centrally important stage for debates about the political and legal status and socio-economic position of Jews from the year of emancipation in 1867 until the end of WWII. The Houses of the Parliament were evacuated to Western Hungary in November 1944 and operated in Sopron and Kőszeg until the end of the war.

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation; Holocaust

Finding aids:: No finding aids exist. The collection requires item-level research.