1 CATALOG OF THE HUNGARIAN JEWISH ARCHIVES PIH I. Presidential Department PIH I-A PIH I-B Presidency PIH I-A-1: Constitution PIH I-A-2: Elections PIH I-A-3: Minutes PIH I-A-4: Documents PIH I-A-5: Documents of certain Presidents Committee PIH I-B-1: PIH I-C Minutes Council PIH I-C-1: Elections PIH I-C-1-a: PIH I-C-2: PIH I-D Community Parties Minutes Employees PIH I-D-1: Association of the Employees of the Jewish Communities PIH I-E Bureau for Law Aid (1920- ) PIH I-F Bureau Supporting Hungarian Israelites PIH I-G Ex-combatants’ Committee PIH I-J National Jewish Relief Committee, later Central Relief Committee – from 1989 Joint PIH I-K National Jewish Relief Action (1938/39- ) PIH I-K-1: Esau Religious Society PIH I-F Bureau Supporting the Israelites of Pest PIH I-M National Relief Committee for Deportees PIH I-N Relief Campaign for the Jews of Máramaros County PIH I-O Social Working Party of Hungarian Jews PIH I-P Unification Party of the Budapest Communities + Anti-Unification Party documents PIH I-R Women’s Section PIH I-Z Members (lists and persons) 2 PIH I-Y PIH II. PIH I-Z-1: Lists, registers PIH I-Z-2: Lists, registers – certain member admission documents The Jewish Community of Pest – publications, prints Ceremonial Department PIH II-A Rabbinate PIH II-B Registration Office of Births, Marriages, and Deaths PIH II-B-1: Announcements PIH II-B-2: Marriage ceremony PIH II-B-2-a: Marriage invitation cards, congratulations PIH II-B-2-b: PIH II-C Ketubah PIH II-B-3: Conversion from and to Judaism PIH II-B-4: Births PIH II-B-4-a: Brit-Certifications PIH II-B-5: Death-Certifications PIH II-B-6: Divorce Institutions for Services PIH II-C-1: Temples, temple-districts PIH II-C-1-1: Dohány St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-2: Hősök (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-3: Rumbach St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-4: Aréna St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-5: Páva St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-7: Nagyfuvaros, former Józsefváros synagogue, Magdolna St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-8: Csáky St. (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-9: Bethlen square (Budapest) PIH II-C-1-10: Other temples PIH II-C-1-11: Sim Shalom Progressive Jewish Community PIH II-D PIH II-C-2: Women’s and Youths’ services PIH II-C-3: Bar Mitzvah and Bat Mitzvah Kashrut PIH II-D-1: Gabella (Communal tax on kosher meat) PIH II-D-2: Matzah 3 PIH II-E PIH III. PIH II-D-3: Mikveh PIH II-D-4: Miscellaneous Ceremonial staff PIH II-E-1: Rabbis PIH II-E-2: Cantors PIH II-E-3: Others Department of Education PIH III-A PIH III-B Schools PIH III-A-1: Boys’ Endowment High-School PIH III-A-2: Girls’ Endowment High-School PIH III-A-3: Boys’ Higher Elementary School PIH III-A-4: Girls’ Higher Elementary School PIH III-A-5: Boys’ Elementary School PIH III-A-6: Girls’ Elementary School PIH III-A-7: Józsefváros Boys’ School PIH III-A-8: Józsefváros Girls’ School PIH III-A-9: Józsefváros Kindergarten PIH III-A-10: Normal Israelite School PIH III-A-11: Tarbut Schools PIH III-A-12: Lauder Yavne Jewish Community School PIH III-A-13: Engineering High School Religious Education PIH III-B-1: PIH III-C Talmud Torah PIH III-D Scouting PIH III-D-1: Teachers of Religion No. 191 Toldi Miklós Scout Troop (5th District Charitable Society) PIH III-D-2: No. 252 Kiss József Scout Troop (Jewish Community of Pest) PIH III-D-3: No. 297 Eötvös József Scout Troop (Jewish High School) PIH III-D-4: No. 310 Jókai Mór Scout Troop (Hungarian Jewish Crafts and Land Worker Organization) 4 PIH III-D-5: No. 311 Vörösmarty Mihály Scout Troop (Jewish Community of Pest) PIH III-D-6: No. 921 Venetianer Lajos Scout Troop (Jewish Community of Újpest) PIH III-D-7: No. 446 IFÁCS Scout Troop (Israelite Boys’ Orphanage) PIH III-D-8: PIH IV. Kadimah Scout Troup PIH III-E Teachers’ documents PIH III-F Other Educational Institutions PIH III-G Other school-related documents Department of Charity and Social Welfare PIH IV-A Aid PIH IV-A-1: Matzah aid PIH IV-A-2: Endowment aid PIH IV-A-3: Winter Penury Campaign PIH IV-A-4: Aid for the Poor PIH IV-A-5: Aid for the Poor Students PIH IV-A-6: Meals PIH IV-A-7: Medical aid PIH IV-B Pesach Food PIH IV-C Wander Fürsorge – Campaign PIH IV-D Refugee Affairs PIH IV-E Donations for unknown purposes PIH IV-F Donations of communities and private individuals for non-Jewish purposes PIH V. Department of Institutions PIH V-A Hospitals PIH V-A-1: Jewish Hospital (from 1889) PIH V-A-1-1: Debts PIH V-A-1-2: Legacies PIH V-A-1-3: Employees PIH V-B PIH V-A-2: Kaszab Policlinic PIH V-A-3: Bródy Adél Children’s Hospital Boys’ Orphanage (from 1868) 5 PIH V-C PIH VI. PIH VII. Institutions for the Handicapped PIH V-C-1: National Institute for Israelite Deaf-Mutes PIH V-C-2: Wechselmann Institute for the Blind PIH V-C-3: Taub Institute for Employing Blind People Department of Culture PIH VI-A Museum PIH VI-B Free University, Adult Education PIH VI-C Children’s Day-Nursery PIH VI-D Cultural Programs Department of Foundations PIH VII-A Foundations in alphabetical order PIH VII-B Jewish Heritage of Hungary Public Endowment PIH VII-C EMANUEL Foundation PIH VIII. Economic Department PIH VIII-A Issues of the headquarter of the Jewish Community of Pest PIH VIII-B Flats and houses PIH VIII-B-1: Rent issues, lawsuits PIH VIII-C Tüzér St. Matzah Factory PIH VIII-D Community Slaughter-Houses PIH VIII-E Kitchens PIH VIII-F Bills, receipts (mixed) PIH IX. PIH XI. Department of Finance PIH IX-A Service tax PIH IX-B Paying off loans by installments PIH IX-C Interests, banking PIH IX-D Audit office PIH IX-E Cashier’s office PIH IX-F Accountancy PIH IX-G Budget Partly Subsidized Institutions PIH XI-A National Hungarian Israelite Cultural Association (1909- ) PIH XI-A-1: Mensa Academica PIH XI-A-2: Cultural Centre, Goldmark-Hall (1920) PIH XI-A-3: Art Lover Society 6 PIH XI-A-4: Apprentice course (1921) PIH XI-A-5: National Library of Hungarian Israelites PIH XI-A-6: Children’s summer holidays PIH XI-A-7: Literature Section (1920) PIH XI-A-8: Medical Outpatient Section (1922) PIH XI-A-9: Group of College Students (1920) PIH XI-A-10: Students’ College (1922) PIH XI-B Women’s Societies (Israelite Women’s Society of Pest, 1866) – also the societies of the districts PIH XI-B-1: Girls’ Orphanage (1867-1950) PIH XI-B-1-a: Cheap Membership Society PIH XI-B-1-b: Society’s Calendar PIH XI-B-1-c: Ararát Yearbook PIH XI-B-2: Asylum for Half-orphans (1867-1901) PIH XI-B-3: Soup-kitchen (1869-1918, 1940- ) PIH XI-B-4: Relief Section PIH XI-B-4-a: Aid for the elderly and the ill PIH XI-B-4-b: Aid for poor fiancées PIH XI-B-4-c: Aid for the education of talented artists PIH XI-B-5: Csepeli Weiss Alice Maternity Home (1910) PIH XI-B-5-1: Weiss Alice Training School for Nurses PIH XI-B-6: Women’s Industrial Occupational Centre (1916-1918) PIH XI-B-7: Maidens’ Home (1923) PIH XI-B-8: Vilma Women’s Home (1930- ) PIH XI-B-9: Employment Agency PIH XI-B-10: Clothing the poor in winter PIH XI-B-11: Trousseau Campaign PIH XI-B-12: Baby-clothing Campaign PIH XI-B-13: Foundations in Alphabetical Order PIH XI-C Hungarian Israelite Women’s National Association (1922) – Women’s Section of the Jewish Community of Buda (after 1945) PIH XI-D Hungarian Jewish Crafts and Land Worker Organization (1842) PIH XI-D-1: Gardener Training Plant of the Hungarian Jewish Crafts and Land Worker Organization 7 PIH XI-E National Israelite Patronage Association (1909) PIH XI-F Israelite Children’s Summer Holiday Home Association (1909) PIH XI-G National Hungarian Israelite Scholarship Association (1871) PIH XI-H Israelite Hungarian Literary Society PIH XI-I Ahavasz Reim (National Fraternal Love Association) PIH XI-K Pension Fund for the Employees of the Jewish Community of Pest and the Chevra Kadisha of Pest (1852) PIH XI-L Association for a Kindergarten for the Poor Children of the Capital PIH XI-M Hanna Society for the Protection of Children PIH XI-N Keren Kayemet and Keren Hayesod PIH XI-O Holiday Home PIH XI-P Journals: Magyar Zsidó Szemle (Hungarian Jewish Review), Javne, Hacofe PIH XI-R National Association of Hungarian Israelite University and College Students PIH XII. Subsidized State Institutes PIH XII-A Rabbinical Seminary PIH XII-A-1: PIH XII-A-2: Dormitory Library (1877-1950, afterwards: National Library of Hungarian Israelites) PIH XII-A-3: Teachers’ documents PIH XII-A-4: Documents of the Éc Hájim (Association for Aiding Students) PIH XII-A-5: Documents of the National Rabbi Association documents – predecessor: Transdanubian Rabbi Association + also documents of rabbi gatherings PIH XII-A-6: Blau Lajos Talmud Association PIH XII-A-7: Franz Joseph National Israelite Cultural Fund PIH XII-A-8: High School Section PIH XII-A-9: Rabbinical Seminary Section PIH XII-A-9-1: PIH XII-B Rabbi Graduations, Certificates National Israelite Teachers’ Training-College PIH XII-B-1: Dormitory PIH XII-B-2: Scholarships 8 PIH XII-B-3: National Israelite Teachers’ Association PIH XII-B-4: Association of Former Students of the National Israelite Teachers’ Training- College PIH XII-B-5: Documents of the teachers of the National Israelite Teachers’ Training-College PIH XIII. Chevra Kadisha of Pest Membership certificates PIH XIII-A Cemeteries PIH XIII-A-1: Salgótarjáni St. Cemetery (1874- ) PIH XIII-A-2: Kozma St. Cemetery (1893- ) PIH XIII-A-3: Váci Rd. Cemetery (Aréna St.) PIH XIII-B Old People’s Home (1869- ) PIH XIII-C Alms-House (1910- ) PIH XIII-D Home for Adult Blinds (1923- ) PIH XIII-E Shelter (1918- ) PIH XIII-F Foundations PIH XIII-G Sick-relief Associations First Hungarian Israelite Sick-relief and Funeral Association of Buda First Hungarian Israelite Sick-relief and Funeral Association First Israelite Sick-Relies and Funeral Association of Waiters in Pest Civil Sick-Relief and Funeral Association of Pest Chevra Kadisha Sick-Relief and Funeral Association Rabbi Meisel Hilfsverein PIH XIV. The Jewish Communities of Buda and Óbuda PIH XIV-A Jewish Community of Buda PIH XIV-A-I-5: Members PIH XIV-A-I-6: Employees PIH XIV-A-II-B: Registration Office of Births, Marriages, and Deaths PIH XIV-A-II-C: Synagogues PIH XIV-A-II-E: Ceremonial staff, rabbis, cantors etc. PIH XIV-A-a: Chevra Kadisha of Buda PIH XIV-B Jewish Community of Óbuda 9 PIH XIV-B-I: PIH XIV-B-II: Leadership PIH XIV-B-I-1: Constitutions PIH XIV-B-I-2: Elections PIH XIV-B-I-3: Minutes PIH XIV-B-I-4: Documents PIH XIV-B-I-5: Members PIH XIV-B-I-6: Employees Ceremonial Affairs PIH XIV-B-II-A: Rabbinate PIH XIV-B-II-B: Registration Office of Births, Marriages, and Deaths PIH XIV-B-II-C: Synagogues PIH XIV-B-II-D: Kashrut, Mikveh etc. PIH XIV-B-II-E: Ceremonial staff, rabbis, cantors etc. PIH XIV-B-III: Educational Affairs PIH XIV-B-IV: Charity and Social Welfare Affairs PIH XIV-B-IV-1: Inheritance and Board of Guardians Affairs PIH XIV-B-V: PIH XIV-B-IV-2: Aid PIH XIV-B-IV-3: Legal actions Institutional Affairs PIH XIV-B-V-1: PIH XIV-B-VI: Cultural Affairs PIH XIV-B-VIII: Financial Affairs Hospital PIH XIV-B-VIII-1: Books of Disbursement PIH XIV-B-VIII-2: Taxation PIH XIV-B-VIII-3: Bills, receipts PIH XIV-B-VIII-4: Real estate, apartments, lawsuits PIH XV: PIH XIV-B-IX: Associations PIH XIV-B-b: Chevra Kadisha of Óbuda Jewish Communities in the Provinces PIH XV-A: Community organization – Districts PIH XV-A-a: Status Quo Ante Jewish Community organization 10 PIH XV-B: Individual communities Community of Aba Abony Alsó-Dabas Apostag Aszód Baja Bácsalmás Balatonfüred Békásmegyer-Csillaghegy Bonyhád Cece Cegléd Cernovic Csongrád Csorna Debrecen Dombóvár Dunapataj Eger Eperjes Esztergom Fegyvernek Felsőzsolca Gödöllő Gyöngyös Győr Gyula Hajdúböszörmény Hajdúszoboszló Hajdúhadház Heves Hódmezővásárhely 11 Hőgyész Irsa Izsák Jánoshalma Jánosháza Jászberény Jászkerekegyház Kalocsa Kapolcs Kaposvár Karcag Kazincbarcika Kecskemét Keszthely Kiskőrös Kiskunhalas Kispest Kisvárda Kőbánya Kunszentmiklós Mád Marcali Mezőkeresztes Mezőtúr Mindszent Miskolc Monor Nagyatád Nagykáta Nagykőrös Nagyoroszi Nagytétény Olaszliszka Orosháza 12 Ócsa Ózd Paks Pápa Pásztó Pestszemterzsébet Pestszentimre Pécs Pomáz Rákosliget Rákosszentmihály Rohonc Sajószentpéter Salgótarján Sárospatak Sárvár Sátoraljaújhely Sárbogárd Simony Siófok Sopron Sümeg Szabadszállás Szarvas Szeged Szentes Szentgál Tapolca Tápiószele Tápiószentimre Tass Tata Temesvár Tinnye 13 Tiszaföldvár Tokaj Tolcsva Tolna Tótgyörk Törökszentmiklós Újkécske Üllő Vác Vásárosnamény Veresegyház Veszprém Zalaszentgrót Zugló PIH XV-C-I Documents of Governmental Organs Concerning Jews PIH XV-C-I-1: Parliament, Council of Governor-General + royal orders PIH XV C-I-1-a: Vázsonyi Party + Vilmos Vázsonyi’s documents PIH XV-C-I-1-b: Documents of representatives PIH XV-C-I-2: Central Statistical Office PIH XV-C-I-3: Ministries PIH XV-C-I-4: Counties PIH XV-C-I-5: Domains PIH XV-C-I-6: Christian Churches PIH XV-C-II Documents of Settlements Concerning Jews (certifications etc.) PIH XV-C: Algyő PIH XV-C: Baja PIH XV-C: Bielitz PIH XV-C: Budapest (Buda and Pest were separated until 1873, but all documents are here) PIH XV-C/Bp-a: Civil right cases PIH XV-C/Bp-b: Taxation affairs PIH XV-C/Bp-c: Industrial cases 14 PIH XV-C/Bp-d: Real estate affairs PIH XV-C/Bp-e: Military cases PIH XV-C/Bp-f: Registers PIH XV-C/Bp-g: Council, elections PIH XV-C: Cegléd PIH XV-C: Csögle (Veszprém County) PIH XV-C: Debrecen PIH XV-C: Esztergom PIH XV-C: Győr PIH XV-C: Hajdúböszörmény PIH XV-C: Kisvárda PIH XV-C: Lőcse PIH XV-C: Miltics PIH XV-C: Miskolc PIH XV-C: Sátoraljaújhely PIH XV-C: Unknown PIH XV-D: Foreign Jewry PIH XV-E: Documents of Individuals Concerning National Policy PIH XV-E: Tolerance Tax PIH XV-E: 1848/1849 Revolution and War of Independence PIH XV-E: Tiszaeszlár Blood Libel PIH XV-E: First World War (1914-1918) PIH XV-E: Bourgeois-Democratic Revolution (1918), Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) PIH XV-E: PIH XVI. Anti-Jewish Laws Jewish Central Organs PIH XVI-A: National Office of Hungarian Israelites 1868PIH XVI-A-1: Documents of the Jewish Congresses (1868/1869 and 1934) PIH XVI-A-2: Documents of Presidents PIH XVI-B: National Center of Hungarian Israelites, later Alliance of the Jewish Communities in Hungary PIH XVI-C: Miscellaneous - country-wide (regional) gatherings PIH XVII-I. Associations (Community related or Jewish associations) 15 PIH XVII-I-A: Hungarian Zionist Alliance PIH XVII-I-A-1: Hassafah language courses PIH XVII-I-A-2: Mizrachi Youth Section PIH XVII-I-A-3: Hasomer Hacair PIH XVII-I-A-4: Haoved Hacioni PIH XVII-I-A-5: Jewish Youth Committee for Aiding Yisrael PIH XVII-I-A-6: Makkabea (a Zionist association of university students) PIH XVII-I-A-7: Habonim Dror PIH XVII-I-A-8: Zionist press PIH XVII-I-A-9: Party of Social Zionists PIH XVII-I-B: “Chinuch Neorim” Association PIH XVII-I-C: Association of Jews of Hungary, 1919- PIH XVII-I-D: Hungarian National Israelite Public Funds PIH XVII-I-E: Fencing and Athletic Club PIH XVII-I-F: First Fraternal Society of Pest PIH XVII-I-G: “Ezrah” Charity Association for Jewish College Students PIH XVII-I-H: Jewish Hungarian Cultural Association PIH XVII-I-I: Association of Hungarian Jewish Youths PIH XVII-I-J: Pro Palestine Association of Hungarian Jews PIH XVII-I-K: Ezra Savings and Credit Bank (1931) PIH XVII-I-L: “Tomché Jesivosz” National Association for Aiding Yeshivot PIH XVII-I-M: National Association of Jewish Hungarian College Students PIH XVII-I-N: Youth Group of the Jewish Community of Pest (in Inner Szentistvánváros) PIH XVII-I-O: National Association of Hungarian Israelite Community Officials PIH XVII-I-P: “Poel Cedek” Mutual Benefit Society of Budapest PIH XVII-I-Q: Sasz Chevra – Budapest Talmud Association PIH XVII-I-R: Schomer Schabboth Verein, Budapest PIH XVII-I-S: Concordia Association 16 PIH XVII-I-T: Israelite Hungarian Association (Magyarizing Association) Múlt és Jövő (Past and Future) – the journal and PIH XVII-I-V: its circle PIH XVII-I-W: Egyenlőség (Equality) newspaper PIH XVII-I-X: Bikur Cholim National Association PIH XVII-I-Z: Spring of Jacob Association PIH XVII-I-Y: Mutual Benefit Society of Galician Jews Living in Budapest PIH XVII-I-a: Hungarian Jewish Social Democratic Labor Union PIH XVII-I-b: PIH XVII-II. Progressive Jewish Intellectuals Associations II (non-Jewish associations) PIH XVII-II-A: Moses Montefiore Sick-Relief Association PIH XVII-II-B: White Cross National Founding Hospital Association PIH XVII-II-C: Hungarian Natural Sciences Society PIH XVII-II-D: Red Cross – and its predecessors PIH XVII-II-E: Petőfi Literary Association PIH XVII-II-F: National Hungarian Stenographer Association PIH XVII-II-G: Hungarian Athletic Association PIH XVII-II-H: Soldier associations of 1848 PIH XVII-II-J: “Irgalom háza” (House of Mercy) PIH XVII-II-K: “Gyáralapító Részvénytársaság” (Factory Establishing Stock Company) PIH XVII-II-L: Hungarian Industry Association PIH XVII-II-M: Charity associations PIH XVIII. International associations PIH XVIII-A: World Jewish Congress PIH XVIII-A-1: WJC and the Statistical Department of the Jewish Agency PIH XVIII-B: Joint PIH XVIII-C: Zionist organizations PIH XVIII-C-1: PIH XVIII-D: Zionist congresses Charity organizations 17 PIH XVIII-E: Jewish Agency for Palestine PIH XVIII-F: Alliance Israelite Universelle PIH XVIII-G: WIZO PIH XVIII-H: United Jewish Appeal PIH XVIII-K: Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture PIH XIX. Legacies (Personal legacies: the names are given in alphabetical order) PIH XX. Holocaust PIH XX-A: Central Council of Hungarian Jews, Ghetto of Pest PIH XX-A-1: Housing Board, private cases PIH XX-A-2: Ghettos of Pest PIH XX-A-3: Hospital of the Ghetto PIH XX-B: Documents of Ghettos in the Provinces PIH XX-C: Lists, registers PIH XX-C-1: 1944: List of the internees PIH XX-C-2: Registers from 1944 PIH XX-C-3: Reports about the surviving deportees, written in 1945 PIH XX-C-4: Reports about the victims, written in 1945 PIH XX-C-5: Registers of returned deportees PIH XX-C-6: Subsequent martyr lists, martyr albums PIH XX-D: Labor service PIH XX-E: Deportation PIH XX-F: Contemporary personal documents PIH XX-F-I: Complete legacies PIH XX-F-II: Single documents – by sorts Registers Denunciatory letters Ghetto Economical measures Death announcement letters Fake documents Häftlingskarte Certifications 18 Concentration camps Professional Chambers – medical, legal, engineering Letters – from deportation, labor service Exemption requests Labor certification Diaries, Poems Russian camps for prisoners of war Leaflets Certifications given at liberation Service tickets Holocaust Objects – Money (Ghetto, Camp) Plans for the Solution of the Jewish Question Protection letters Protection letters – certifications PIH XX-G: Remembrances PIH XX-G-I: Kameniec-Podolsk PIH XX-H: Rescuing, resistance PIH XX-H-I: Peace Party, Communist Party PIH XX-I: Searching, compensations PIH XX-K: After war Anti-Fascist alliances PIH XX-L: War-criminals, lawsuits PIH XX-L-1: Lawsuits against the Jewish Council PIH XX-L-2: Certifications of behavior in war PIH XX-M: Anti-Jewish measures of the authorities PIH XX-M-1: Anti-Jewish, anti-Semite publications PIH XX-N: Alliance of Hungarian Christian Jews PIH XX-Y: Miscellaneous XXV. Miscellaneous – in alphabetical order Adar-Table Amulet Badge Bills, receipts Bond Censorship 19 Character reference Charter Charter incorporation Concert – invitation cards Contract of sale Cookbook Copies (certification etc.) Death notices Degrees, university record cards, school reports Ennoblement certifications, nobiliary matters Family tree Famous rabbis, famous Jews, famous people – Group photographs Festschrift Freemason membership – documents Greetings, laudation, eulogy song etc. Haggadah Industry – commerce Jahrzeit-board Ketubah Maps Medals Megillah Mezuzah Midwife-certification Money New Year – greetings Oath – texts Parties, political movements Peddler Certificate Personal military documents Poverty certification Prayer-book Prison School documents (non-Jewish schools) 20 Seal (metal) Soldier’s book, military documents Sport-related documents Stamp Sabbatarian Prayer-book Telegram for Sukkot Visit cards Will