Újfehértó

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

Újfehértó
Town hall
Flag Coat of arms
Újfehértó Location in Hungary
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/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	4244
Area code	42
Website	http://www.ujfeherto.hu/

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

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

Újfehértó is twinned with:

• Braniștea, Romania
• Cherechiu, Romania
• Doberdò del Lago, Italy
• Hut, Ukraine
• Váhovce, Slovakia
• Żarów, Poland

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

External links

• Újfehértó - ShtetLink