Béla Szántó (born as Béla Schreiber, 1 February 1881 – 1 June 1951) was a Hungarian communist politician active participant of the putsch and creation of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, who later became a critic of the Communist party as led by Béla Kun. He was born into a Jewish family, his father was Sándor Schreiber and mother Lina Günsberger. He attended elementary school in Homokkomárom, later attended the state civil school (secondary school) in Nagykanizsa. He graduated from the high school in 1900 and worked as an accountant in Kanizsa. In 1906, the Association of Hungarian Priv
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