Samu Stern

Samu Stern (5 January 1874 – 1946), in Hungarian usage Stern Samu, was a businessman, banker, advisor to the royal court, and head of Hungary's Neolog  Jewish Community.

After the March 1944 German occupation, Stern was a member of the German-created Jewish Council (Judenrat, Zsidó tanács) along with Orthodox Community leader Pinchas Freudiger. Although Stern supported Jewish causes, he received criticism for dealing willingly with the German occupying authorities and their Hungarian collaborators.

References

External links
 http://www.yadvashem.org/odot_pdf/Microsoft%20Word%20-%206047.pdf
 http://www.yadvashem.org/articles/general/jews-of-hungary-during-the-holocaust.html

Publications
 Nathaniel Katzburg, Shemu’el Shtern: Ro’sh kehilat Pesht, in Pedut: Hatsalah bi-yeme sho’ah (Ramat Gan, Isr., 1984)
 Mária Schmidt, Kollaboráció vagy kooperáció? (Budapest, 1990), pp. 49–111
 Samu (Samuel) Stern, A Race with Time: A Statement, Hungarian Jewish Studies 3 (1973): 1–48

Category:1874 births
Category:1946 deaths
Category:Hungarian Jews
Category:Holocaust survivors