Records Transferred to the Archives upon Special Orders (1944–1988)

No. XXXIII. Main Group of Fonds – Records Transferred to the Archives upon Special Orders

1944–1988; 16,73 linear metres

An outstanding material, both in extent and significance, of this record unit is the material of the National Jewish Rehabilitation Fund (1947–1988). The "Act on Condemnation of the Atrocities against the Hungarian Jewry and the Compensation for the Consequences of the Holocaust” was adopted by the Hungarian legislation in 1946. In accordance with this act, the legacies of Holocaust victims, which had been taken into state ownership, were now transferred into a separate fund established to support the victims and their organisations.