Pásztó is a town in
Nógrád County
Nógrád ( hu, Nógrád megye, ; sk, Novohradská župa) is a counties of Hungary, county ( hu, megye) of Hungary. It sits on the northern edge of Hungary and borders Slovakia.
Description
Nógrád county lies in northern Hungary. It shares bor ...
,
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
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Tibor Rubin
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war ...
was born in Pásztó on 18 June 1929. It then had a
Jewish
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...
population of 120 families.
Twin towns – sister cities
Pásztó is
twinned with:
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Ruffec, France
Notable people
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Antal Vágó (1891–1944), footballer
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Dávid Bobál (1995–), footballer
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Tibor Rubin
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (June 18, 1929 – December 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war ...
(1929–2015), American Army Officer
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Vendel Endrédy (1895–1981), monk and the abbot of Zirc, Pilis-Paszto and St. Gotthard abbeys
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Csaba Hegedűs (1985–), footballer
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Zsolt Becsó (1967–), politician
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István Kozma (1964–), footballer
See also
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History of the Jews in Hungary
The history of the Jews in Hungary dates back to at least the Kingdom of Hungary, with some records even predating the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895 CE by over 600 years. Written sources prove that Jewish communities lived ...
References
External links
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Street map
Populated places in Nógrád County
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