Baranya. Történelmi közlemények 9-10. évfolyam (1996-1997)

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other regions of the country, and it is best indicated in the strength of the banking sector. These process is shown for Pécs through the example of Pécsi Takarékpénztár (Pécs Savings Bank). The author emphasizes the emergence of banking élite, from the beginning of the century trained bankers worked in these institutions. By that time the banking market got stronger and expressed the growth of the city. The vintage period for the banks in Pécs is the turn of the century, and not the period after 1867, similarly to other cities in Transdanubia. Imre Gábor NAGY: Movements of Magyarization of Names on the example of Pécs, 1896-1918 From 1881, the starting date of the movement of Magyarization of names, until the end of the First World War most people changing their names were Jewish. These people also changed their given names at the municipal administration (otherwise it was not allowed until 1955). Therefore this movement was considered as Jewish by contemporaries. Among these campaigns the most important ones were organized by the city administrations, schools and the Bánffy-government. The Magyarization was an urban phenomena, most people changing their names were living in towns. The campaigns of schools show a multi-level and multi-generation type of Magyarization, when only children not their parents changed their names. The administration supported the Magyarization of names only during the Bánffy-government. A common feature of the different campaigns is that they last their impetus, because of family relationships and the lack of social consensus. The common name of the family and relatives meant a withholding power from Magyarization. The lack of social consensus was best characterized by the mocking of those with a new family name. These campaigns were successfull only among people who had reached a certain level of assimilation. Ferenc TEGZES: The situation of Serb and Croatian education in Baranya county in the early 1920s In every state with national minorities it is necessary to deal with the question of nationalities, and it reaches the area of politics, culture and education. The policy towards minorities can follow the methods of assimilation or integration, which is an important theoretical and practical problem. Between November 1918 and Augustus 1921 Baranya county was occupied by the Entente powers. The territory was governed by Serb military and civil administration. After the reoccupation the referent of the Serb and Croatian affairs of the Office of the Prime Minister visited these territories. The author uses these reports as a source to show the conditions of material