Dr Bela Berend: Trial Judgement and other papers

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This collection contains the personal papers of Dr A.B. Belton, formerly Bela Berend, Rabbi of the Budapest Ghetto, 1944. The papers document, in part, his activities in Hungary during the war; his trial by the Hungarian authorities for war crimes; his involvement with post war libel cases relating to his role as leader of the Jewish Council in Budapest, 1944; his relationship with prominent figures in the United States; his views about Israel and politics in the Middle East.

According to a note dated 26 July 1977, the collection comprises a number of separate deposits. This collection of papers contains, in hard copy, a copy of the trial judgement, in Hungarian, and an English summary of the contents, of his trial by the Hungarian government for war crimes, 1947.

The remainder of the collection is on microfilm, arranged in no particular order, a description of which follows.