Munkácsi, Ernő (1896 - 1950)

Lawyer, publicist, legal scholar, high-ranking official of Jewish Council. He worked for the Pest Israelite Congregation from the early 1920s, first as a secretary (titkár), then as legal representative (ügyész), later as chief secretary (főtitkár). Between 1934 and 1942 he was head of the Hungarian Jewish Museum (Magyar Zsidó Múzeum). After the war he became the Executive Director (ügyvezető igazgató) of the National Office of Hungarian Israelites.