Government Commissariat for Repatriation, 1946

Collection

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

Scope and content:: The collection holds the fragmented records of the Government Commissariat for Repatriation, which was the key state agency responsible for the repatriation, registration and relief of Hungarian Jewish deportees who were liberated on the territory of Nazi Germany in 1945. The material includes various reports, correspondence, personnel and administrative documents of the central bureau of the Commissariat.

Archival history:: The remains of the records of the Commissariat were handed over to the Hungarian National archives in the 1950s.

Administrative/biographical history:: Established in August 1945, the Government Commissariat for Repatriation was a state organisation responsible for the repatriation and registration of Hungarian POWs, deportees, refugees and other displaced persons from 1945 to 1947. The Commissariat was headed by Sándor Millok (1887-1959), a Social Democrat politician and survivor of the Mauthausen concentration camp. Working under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior and jointly with other relief agencies - mainly the International Committee of the Red Cross - the commissariat had its main office in Budapest and several branch offices in the provinces, as well as abroad.