Újfehértó (

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

, german: Ratzfert) is a small

town A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an o ...

in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the

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of eastern

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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

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via Nyirjes and Sima.

Twin towns – sister cities

Újfehértó is twinned with: * Braniștea, Romania * Cherechiu, Romania * Doberdò del Lago, Italy * Hut, Ukraine * Váhovce, Slovakia *

Żarów Żarów (german: Saarau) is a town in Świdnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district (gmina) called Gmina Żarów. The town lies approximately north-east of Świdnica, and ...

, Poland

Notable people

András Toma András Toma (5 December 1925 – 30 March 2004) was a Hungarian soldier taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1945, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000. He was probably the last prisoner of war from the Second World War ...

(1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945–2000) from the World War II to be repatriated *

Erika Marozsán Erika Marozsán (born 3 August 1972) is a Hungarian actress. Career Marozsán graduated from the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film in 1995 and then became a member of ''Új Színház'' ("New Theatre") in Budapest. Her first movie appearance ...

(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

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