Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 408-1-1

Title

Records of the Hungarian State Security Agencies (PRO, ÁVO, ÁVH), 1945-1966

Date(s)

1945 - 1954

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters

Context

Archival history

Documents in the series were collected by László Varga throughout his research. Original place of preservation is Historical Archives of the Hungarian State Security (ÁBTL).

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The series includes the files on the organization, operation and finances of the Political Policing Department at the Ministry of Interior.

In addition to the minutes of two committees (interior and state security) of the Hungarian Working People's Party, commands of Gábor Péter, head of the State Security Authority as well as regulations on secret records management and operative filing system belong to the series.

The last part of the series consists of the documents on carrying out death sentences in 1954, which are related to series 10 made up of information on persons executed and dead in prison.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Few of the files of the political police survived because they had either been destroyed or perished in 1956.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

The series is arranged thematically, and within the topics chronologically.

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

The general rules of research in OSA Research Room apply.

Conditions governing reproduction

A dokumentumok oktatási és kutatási célból digitálisan másolhatók az OSA kutatótermében.

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by László Varga, March 2, 2015.