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Újfehértó (Yiddish, German: Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
History
By 1920, the Jewish population had reached 1,303 people, 11% of the total population. On 17 May 1944, the 400 Jewish families living in the village were deported to Auschwitz via Nyirjes and Sima.
Twin towns – sister cities
Notable people
- András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945–2000) from the World War II to be repatriated
- Erika Marozsán (born 1972), actress
- János Marozsán (born in 1965), footballer
- Gábor Péter (1906–1993), Communist politician and secret police leader
- Teitelbaum family of Satmar Hasidic rabbis (see Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar))
- Ferenc Zajti (1886–1961), orientalist, painter, representative of Hungarian Turanism
Gallery
See also
References
- ^ "Testvérvárosok". ujfeherto.hu (in Hungarian). Újfehértó. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
External links
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