Act XXV on Condemning the Persecution of Hungarian Jewry

Act XXV of 1946 officially condemned the wartime persecution of Hungarian Jews, creating a legal basis for recognizing the rights of the victims and holding perpetrators criminally accountable. In practice, however, almost no meaningful compensation followed. Due to bureaucratic obstacles, property that had been appropriated by the state, and above all the lack of genuine political will, the vast majority of survivors di not recover their confiscated assets. Effective restitution was further hindered by the fact that the losses suffered by Jews were treated together with those of other persecuted groups, rather than being addressed as a distinct category.