Metadata: Records of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, 1876-1944
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Hungary, Pest County Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Pest Megyei Levéltára
- Postal address:
- Pf. 141., H-1450 Budapest, Hungary
- Phone number:
- +36 1 455 9050
- Web address:
- http://mnl.gov.hu/pml/
- Email:
- pml@mnl.gov.hu
- Reference number:
- IV.B. 403
- Title:
- Records of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County, 1876-1944
- Title (official language):
- Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun vármegye Törvényhatósági Bizottságának iratai, 1876-1944
- Creator/accumulator:
- Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County
- Date(s):
- 1876/1944
- Language:
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 27.22 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The records of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County comprise one of the largest and most complete collections covering all aspects of the life of Jewish and non-Jewish citizens of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County. It holds all the minutes of the meetings of the Municipal Assembly (közgyűlés, 403.a.) and the Small Assembly (kisgyűlés, 403.b.) of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County between 1876 and 1944. Jewish-related records are scattered throughout the collection and include, but are not limited to. the following issues: permits and small offences concerning the right to sell alcohol (italmérési jog); trade permits, lease agreements and other financial transactions, regulations concerning prices and leases, procurement involving Jewish businesses, matters of temporary and permanent financial aid for Israelite schools and Jewish communities, regulations concerning Israelite registers of births, marriages and deaths, establishment of Jewish associations, permanent and temporary financial support of various Jewish schools and institutions, residential permits and naturalisation of Jews, various cases pertaining to factories, shops, inns, workshops and other enterprises owned by Jews, promulgation of diplomas/degrees (diplomák kihirdetése) of Jewish lawyers, engineers, medical doctors and veterinarians, lists of largest taxpayers, lawsuits and other legal matters, the implementation of the “Jewish laws” and instances of bureaucratic antisemitic measures, including the withdrawal of trade licences and permits, quitting rental agreements of Jews, exclusion of Jews from the municipal committees and social organisations, registration and expropriation of Jewish landholdings; administrative procedures against Jewish communities; activities of the national socialists and other extreme right-wing movements, antisemitic events and atrocities, hate speech and propaganda, political speeches and proposals concerning the „Jewish question”. Key persons in the collection include prefects Elemér Preszly (1920-1935, 1936-1941) and István Viczián (1941-1944) as well as subprefect László Endre (1938-1944)
- Archival history:
- The records of the Municipal Committee were handed over to the Pest County Archives in the early 1950s.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Established by Act 42 of 1870 (modified by Act 21 of 1886 and Act 30 of 1921), the Municipal Committee was the main organ of the autonomy of the counties and cities of municipal rights in Hungary during the period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and the Horthy era. The Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County held its first meeting on 4 September 1876. Initially, half of the members of the Municipal Committee were elected, whereas the other half of the seats were granted to the largest taxpayers of the municipality (virilista). Chaired by the prefect, the subprefect and other main officials of the municipal administration were also the members of the Committee. The Municipal Committee wielded municipal rights and privileges, including the election of the subprefect and other city/county officials, creating statutes and regulations, and preparing petitions and political declarations for the government and other municipalities. Assemblies were normally held four times a year. From 1929 onwards, 40 percent of the members were elected, 40 percent was made up by the largest taxpayers and the remaining 20 percent comprised representatives of professional organisations, churches, etc. (Act 30 of 1929). Besides, the Small Assembly was established, which became the main appellate authority/authority of second instance of the decisions of the city/county administration with its monthly meetings.
- Access points: locations:
- Bács-Kiskun
- Access points: persons/families:
- Endre, László
- Preszly, Elemér 1877-1971
- Viczián, István 1874-1959
- System of arrangement:
- The records of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County were arranged into provenance subgroups (állag) numbered 403/a. to 403/d., but only the first two (Minutes of the Municipal Assembly and the Small Assembly) are relevant for scholars of Jewish history. The minutes are arranged chronologically and by the number of items (individual cases). The numbers of cases are re-started each year.
- Finding aids:
- Finding aids include register of items (topics) of assembly meetings (közgyűlési tárgysorozatok) for the years 1896-1929 (in separate volumes), and 1930-1944 (within the volumes of the minutes) and indexes (mutatókönyvek) for the years 1891-1902 and 1938. Vol. 453-454 contain the lists of the names of the members of the Municipal Committee of Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County from the years of 1929-1944 and the list of the names of the members of the last Small Assembly from September 1944. 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.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives
- Author of the description:
- László Csősz; Hungarian National Archives; 20-11-2015 (In cooperation with the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure)
