Metadata: Ministry of Industry, General Records, 1935-1948
Collection
- Country:
- Hungary
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Hungary, National Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Országos Levéltára
- Postal address:
- Budapest, Bécsi Kapu tér 2-4., 1014
- Phone number:
- +36 1 225 2843
- Web address:
- http://mnl.gov.hu/
- Email:
- info@mnl.gov.hu
- Reference number:
- K 239
- Title:
- Ministry of Industry, General Records, 1935-1948
- Title (official language):
- Iparügyi Minisztérium általános iratai, 1935-1948
- Creator/accumulator:
- Ministry of Industry
- Date(s):
- 1935/1948
- Extent:
- 14 boxes, 4 volumes, 1.82 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- Due to the fractured nature of this collection, the material is not suitable for the reconstruction of the everyday activities of the Ministry of Industry. However, there are certain parts which are of interest for the historical study of antisemitic policies and the Holocaust in Hungary. For instance, besides questions of personnel and credit which were both increasingly intertwined with the “Jewish question” at this time, there are reports of Hungarian companies on their supplies in store and data on the removal of Hungarian companied to Germany from January to March 1944.
- Archival history:
- The central building of the Ministry of Industry was bombed and burnt down during the siege of Budapest in January 1945. Except for the administrative files (ügyviteli iratok), which were evacuated, the entire collection of archival records was destroyed. The collection therefore contains papers that were preserved at other ministries of the time and relate to the activities of the Ministry of Industry.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- Established in 1935, the Ministry of Industry (Iparügyi Minisztérium) partially replaced the Ministry of Trade (Kereskedelemügyi Minisztérium) that had just been abolished. The Ministry of Industry operated between 1 August 1935 and 4 April 1945. During the last months of WWII the ministry no longer functioned on a regular basis.
- Access points: locations:
- Budapest
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation
- Trade and commerce
- Yerusha Network member:
- Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives