Újfehértó

Újfehértó
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Újfehértó
Coordinates: 47°47′56″N 21°41′00″E
Country	Hungary
County	Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Area
• Total	140.88 km2 (54.39 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	13,611
• Density	97.4/km2 (252/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4244
Area code	42

Location of Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg county in Hungary

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.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Hungary

Twin towns — Sister cities

Újfehértó is twinned with:

• Braniștea, Romania
• Kursk, Russia
• Nymburk, Czech Republic
• Doberdò del Lago, Italy
• Harta, Poland
• Šahy, Slovakia
• Żarów, Poland

People

The names are rendered according to the common Western convention, given name followed by surname.

• András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945-2000) from the Second World War to be repatriated
• Erika Marozsán (born 1972), actress
• János Marozsán (born in 1965 in Újfehértó), former professional Hungarian footballer and father of German footballer Dzsenifer Marozsán
• Gábor Péter (born Benjámin Eisenberger; 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

See also

• Teitelbaum, Satmar, Klausenberg
• Nagykalló, Kalov

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External links

• Újfehértó - ShtetLink