Metadata: Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy, Co., 1938-1948
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:
- Z 89
- Title:
- Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy, Co., 1938-1948
- Title (official language):
- Gazdasági Takarék- és Hitelintézet Rt. 1938-1948
- Creator/accumulator:
- Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy, Co.
- Date(s):
- 1938/1948
- Extent:
- 21 fascicles, 1 vol., 2.9 linear metres
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection holds the records of the Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy, Co., established by the Jewish community of Pest in order to alleviate the economic consequences of the First Jewish Law, especially among the urban lower middle class. The documents include, but are not limited to, the following: registration documents, statistical data, admissions booklet of credit unions for year 1944; tax returns, annual payroll for employees in 1940, insurance policies, correspondence and requests for assistance; statements of the Jewish emigration group; a contract of 12 April 1940 between the Hungarian government and the Jewish Agency for Palestine about the possibility of emigration (by Governmental Decree no. 3610 of 1940), proposals from the Hungarian Jews of the Probation Office for the loans; committee minutes; records of the National Association of Child Care Institute for Jewish Patronage; a registry of the overdraft loans (borrower's name list in alphabetical order); accounting ledgers of the Pest Jewish Probation Office, National Jewish Committee on Relief, Franz Joseph's Theological Seminary Institute, National Lawyer Home: documents of the Social Democratic Party; board minutes of meetings; the member roster 1946-1947; list of members of Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board from 1945 to 1947; National Bank circulars 1948; correspondence and records related to Alexander Szenczi (Head of the Social Democratic Party); records of the Europe Import and Export Co-operative; correspondence of the Orient Film Industry Inc.; alphabetical list of debtors from 1947 to 1948; résumés of prospective employees, 1948; and documents of the credit union and the companies to lay off employees.
- Archival history:
- The records of the Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy were taken to the National Archives in the early 1950s.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Savings and Credits Institute for the Economy was established by the Pest Israelite Community on 29 September 1938. Its primary aim was to provide private loans with favourable terms and limited interest rate to individuals with low income, especially those who were affected by the implementation of the First Jewish Law (Act XV of 1938). The Institute was taken over by the centre of the Social Democratic Party and transformed into an incorporated company (részvénytársaság) in 1947. The company was liquidated by the communist state in 1948.
- Access points: persons/families:
- Szenczi, Alexander
- Finding aids:
- A document-level description is available for the collection in Hungarian.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives
