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Újfehértó

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Country
  
Hungary

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area
  
140.9 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 6:40 AM

County
  
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg

Postal code
  
4244

Population
  
13,611 (2005)

Area code
  
42

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Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 73% Humidity

Újfehértó (Yiddish, German: Ratzfert) is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.

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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 via Nyirjes and Sima.

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

  • András Toma
  • Erika Marozsán
  • Gábor Péter
  • Teitelbaum family
  • Zajti Ferenc
  • References

    Újfehértó Wikipedia