Kahan-Frankl, Samu (1890 - 1970)

Orthodox rabbi, head of the Central Office of the Autonomous Orthodox Israelite Denomination of Hungary, and member of the First and Second Jewish Council. In the summer of 1944, he resigned from his position and went into hiding. After the war he became the head of the national Orthodox organisation again. He left Hungary in 1950 – first emigrating to Israel, then to the US.