Újfehértó

47°47′56″N 21°41′00″E / 47.79889°N 21.68333°E / 47.79889; 21.68333Country HungaryCountySzabolcs-Szatmár-BeregArea • Total140.88 km² (54.39 sq mi)Population • Total13,611 • Density97/km² (250/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeArea code42Websitehttp://www.ujfeherto.hu/

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.

Twin towns – sister cities

Újfehértó is twinned with:^[1]

Notable people

• András Toma (1925–2004), probably the last prisoner of war (1945–2000) from the World War II to be repatriated
• Erika Marozsán (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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See also

• Teitelbaum, Satmar, Klausenberg
• Nagykalló, Kalov

References

External links

• Újfehértó - ShtetLink