Wilhelm, Károly (1886 - 1951)

Lawyer, Jewish community leader, member of the First, Second and Third Jewish Council. After graduation, he worked for the Budapest Stock Exchange and various large industrial companies. In 1941 he was appointed member of the governing committee (választmány) of the Neologue Pest Israelite Congregation. In 1944, as member of President Samu Stern’s inner circle, he belonged to the Jewish Council’s informal leadership. After the war he became director-in-chief of the Hungarian Sugar Industry Trust. In 1948 he left Hungary and settled in Switzerland, where he died in 1951.