Béla Zsolt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Béla Zsolt

Hungarian writer

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1895

Place of Birth: Komárno, Nitra Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 10-Feb-1949

Profession: writer, politician, author, journalist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Béla Zsolt (born as Béla Steiner, 1 August 1895-d.
2 June 1949) was a Hungarian radical socialist journalist and politician.
He wrote one of the earliest Holocaust memoirs, Nine Suitcases (Kilenc koffer in Hungarian).
Tibor Fischer has called it "Hungary's finest contribution to Holocaust writing", warning that it is "not for the squeamish".
It has been translated into English by Ladislaus Löb.