Metadata: Records of Nagykőrös Attorney Dr. Béla Székely, 1908-1944
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:
- XIV.9
- Title:
- Records of Nagykőrös Attorney Dr. Béla Székely, 1908-1944
- Title (official language):
- Székely Béla nagykőrösi ügyvéd iratai, 1908-1944
- Creator/accumulator:
- Székely, Béla
- Date(s):
- 1908/1944
- Language:
- Hungarian
- Extent:
- 20 boxes, 2 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The collection contains the records of Attorney Dr. Béla Székely, one of the prominent lawyers living in the town of Nagykőrös in the first half of the 20th century. His clients included individuals from all walks of life (Jews and non-Jews alike), companies, financial institutions and social and religious organisations, such as the Nagykőrös Holy Society (Chevra Kadisa). Székely acted as attorney in various kinds of civil and criminal lawsuits, including sales, divorce, several minor financial and criminal cases. In some cases he acted in cooperation with colleagues, including other prominent Jewish lawyers, Dávid Csató and István Fischer. The collection provides an insight into the social and economic life of the town, especially in the the interwar years.
- Archival history:
- The collection was donated by the Nagykőrös lawyer Dr. György Feldmájer, a Holocaust survivor and colleague of Béla Székely, in 1985.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Dr. Béla Székely (18?-1944) was a prominent Jewish lawyer living in Nagykőrös. In 1920, he was elected the chairman of the local Jewish community. He had a private attorney’s office in Nagykőrös, which was one of the most popular and prosperous businesses in town. In 1944 he was deported and murdered in Auschwitz.
- Access points: locations:
- Nagykőrös
- System of arrangement:
- The records are largely arranged in alphabetical order of the names of clients, with the exception of a few thematic groups – for example, the material begins with sales and other cases (Boxes 1-3).
- Finding aids:
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There is a folio level description of the collection in Hungarian.
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; 22-11-2015 (In cooperation with the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure)
