IRATANYAG HASZNÁLATA - Kutatás, tájékoztatás, ügyfélszolgálat
Noszkó-Horváth Mihály: Kárpótlás Magyarországon, a kárpótlási iratok. A VERITAS Történetkutató Intézet Levéltárában található iratanyag bemutatása. VERITAS évkönyv 2016. 367-386.
Mihály Noszkó-Horváth RESTITUTION IN HUNGARY - THE RESTITUTIONARY DOCUMENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS OF THE ARCHIVES OF THE VERITAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HISTORY In the wake of the System Changeover, providing legal (both ethical and monetary) restitution to the victims and / or the heirs of the victims of the earlier dictatorial regime became a possibility in the newly democratic Hungary. Eligible for restitution were individuals whose property had been seized, whose personal freedoms had been curtailed or who had lost a loved one at the hands of the communist system. The nearly three million requests for restitution were appraised by authorized bureaus of restitution and recompense, which then safeguarded the resultant paperwork of the appraisal process, the total size of which approaches 14 thousand linear meters. In 2015, this massive collection of documentary materials came into the possession of the Archives of the VERITAS Research Institute for History, when an independent specialized repository was established. This study attempts to familiarize the reader with the basics of individual and monetary restitution, of restitutionary legal institutions and with the specifics of various restitutionary forms. The study also provides a firsthand account of the main characteristics of the materials that were produced as a result of the restitutionary process. As of today, most of the restitutionary appraisals have been completed, making it possible to do scholarly research and analysis of the materials, which in turn will help us better understand the historical events of the 20th century while also shedding light on lesser known incidents. 385
