Chapters from the History of the Hungarian Ministry of Justice in World War II

Abstract

The author deals with four special issues from the history of the Ministry of Justice during the period mentioned in the title: the jurisdictional challenges in connection with the re-occupation of the so-called Southern Territories which were lost by the Treaty of Trianon; the scope of authority and the duties of the Service for National Policy organized in 1940; the new task of the Supervising Authority of Public Interests coming from the implementation of the Jewish laws; finally the mission of Minister Gábor Vladár at the end of the Horthy era.