Újfehértó (

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

, ) is a small

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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

Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It consisted of Auschw ...

via Nyirjes and Sima.

Twin towns – sister cities

Újfehértó is twinned with: * Braniștea, Romania *

Cherechiu Cherechiu () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania with a population of 2,248 as of 2021. It is composed of three villages: Cherechiu, Cheșereu (''Érkeserű''), and Târgușor (''Asszonyvására''). The commune is situated at an alti ...

, Romania *

Doberdò del Lago Doberdò del Lago (; Venetian language#Regional variants, Bisiacco: ; ) is a (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in the Italy, Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of ...

, Italy *

Hut A hut is a small dwelling, which may be constructed of various local materials. Huts are a type of vernacular architecture because they are built of readily available materials such as wood, snow, stone, grass, palm leaves, branches, clay, hid ...

, Ukraine *

Váhovce Váhovce () is a village and municipality in Galanta District of the Trnava Region of south-west Slovakia. Geography The municipality lies at an elevation of 130 metres and covers an area of 15.975 km². It has a population of about 2070 pe ...

, Slovakia * Żarów, Poland

Notable people

András Toma András Toma (5 December 1925 – 30 March 2004) was a Hungarian soldier taken prisoner by the Red Army in 1944, then discovered living in a Russian psychiatric hospital in 2000. He was most likely the last prisoner of war from the Second World ...

(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 learned to play the piano as a child. She graduated from the Budapest Academy of Drama and Film in 1995 and then became a member of ''Új Színház'' ("New Theatre") ...

(born 1972), actress *

János Marozsán János Marozsán (born 13 May 1965) is a Hungarian footballer. He is the father of footballer Dzsenifer Marozsán Dzsenifer Marozsán (; born 18 April 1992) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder (asso ...

(born in 1965), footballer *

Gábor Péter Gábor Péter (born Benjámin Eisenberger; 14 May 1906 in Újfehértó – 23 January 1993 in Budapest) was a Hungarian Communism, communist politician. Between 1945 and 1952 he was chief of the State Protection Authority (''Államvédelmi Ható ...

(1906–1993), Communist politician and secret police leader *

Teitelbaum Teitelbaum (; ''teytlboym'', deriving from a Yiddish/Germanic word meaning "date palm ree) is a Jewish surname. Variants include Tetelbaum, Teitelboim Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Teitelbaum (b. 1948), Satmar rebbe * Alfr ...

family of Satmar Hasidic rabbis (see

Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar) Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (; November 17, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim. Early life Moshe Teitelbaum was born on November 17, 1914, in Újfehértó, Hungary. He was the second son o ...

) * Ferenc Zajti (1886–1961), orientalist, painter, representative of Hungarian Turanism

Gallery

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