The Hungarian Minister of Culture appointed the members of the committee to research the fate and whereabouts of the so-called Jaross-lists (named after the Minister of Interior in 1944, Andor Jaross, sentenced to death and executed for war crimes in 1946). The 1944 decree ordered to compile lists of Jewish people to be sent to ghettos.

Little is known about the fate of these lists. It is still unclear if they are still extant, and if yes, whether they should be found at Hungarian secret services archives or in the ex-Soviet Union or somewhere else.